I happened to see the old classic Mogha Mull -a film based on T.Janakiramans book of the same name in fiftees..
In youtube it had been loaded.
A village setup in tanjore-kumbakonam belt of tamilnadu with brahmin characters talking in language all of us here are comfortable with and good carnatic music
compositions sung by jesudass adding to the charm of the production.Story of love of abishek - a carnatic music singere gifted to make it big almost loses it by
falling in love with a girl played by archana joglekar of tanjore maharastrian -tamil brahmin parents.She refuses to marry him as she is 10 years older to him.She
ultimately yields to him after she sees him going downhill .
A must see movie for all tamil brahmins..At least the climax of last seven minutes posted separately .
The movie retains its charm even after 60 plus years.
One gets a bit nostalgic when one thinks of life in those villages in deep interior -mine was a mixed tanjore marathi brahmins and tamil brahmin village near
kumbakonam. I have spent time -several months in fiftees there right on banks of cauvery rivulet in village home even before there were electric lights there.
The mix of marathi and tamil brahmins sometime illegitimate was not unusual.The novel of janakiraman was serialised in one of the tamil weely magazines which I
have read in parts . The local brahmin lingo is delightful.The tamil brahmin exclusiveness and yet intermixing with marathis sounded realistic.I liked the last scene
when the marathi girl yields to abhishek and tells him that she is doing this so that his music can live again was touching.The various incidents when abhishek
tries to find a match for the girl are interesting.How the relatives of brahmin father treat the girls family after his death show the callousness of the higher caste
towards fathers mistress.They do not wait for her to see the body on his death and feel good that they did not have feel embarrassed by her presence at the
funeral.The movie sounded authentic .
I must see for all with a free afternoon to spare.
In youtube it had been loaded.
A village setup in tanjore-kumbakonam belt of tamilnadu with brahmin characters talking in language all of us here are comfortable with and good carnatic music
compositions sung by jesudass adding to the charm of the production.Story of love of abishek - a carnatic music singere gifted to make it big almost loses it by
falling in love with a girl played by archana joglekar of tanjore maharastrian -tamil brahmin parents.She refuses to marry him as she is 10 years older to him.She
ultimately yields to him after she sees him going downhill .
A must see movie for all tamil brahmins..At least the climax of last seven minutes posted separately .
The movie retains its charm even after 60 plus years.
One gets a bit nostalgic when one thinks of life in those villages in deep interior -mine was a mixed tanjore marathi brahmins and tamil brahmin village near
kumbakonam. I have spent time -several months in fiftees there right on banks of cauvery rivulet in village home even before there were electric lights there.
The mix of marathi and tamil brahmins sometime illegitimate was not unusual.The novel of janakiraman was serialised in one of the tamil weely magazines which I
have read in parts . The local brahmin lingo is delightful.The tamil brahmin exclusiveness and yet intermixing with marathis sounded realistic.I liked the last scene
when the marathi girl yields to abhishek and tells him that she is doing this so that his music can live again was touching.The various incidents when abhishek
tries to find a match for the girl are interesting.How the relatives of brahmin father treat the girls family after his death show the callousness of the higher caste
towards fathers mistress.They do not wait for her to see the body on his death and feel good that they did not have feel embarrassed by her presence at the
funeral.The movie sounded authentic .
I must see for all with a free afternoon to spare.