Anbe Sivam preview, 2003
Anbe Sivam is hailed as a classic by many today, though it didn’t receive sufficient appreciation at the box-office in 2003. Kamal chose to hold a preview screening for SAHMAT (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust). Kamal declared that the inspiration for his character was Safdar Hashmi, a street-theatre artiste who was brutally murdered in 1989. (Interestingly, Hashmi was born in the same year as Kamal.)
At the screening in the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, Kamal spoke about communism and his opposition to globalization among other things. Learn more from the report on the CPI(M)’s Web-site.
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October 8th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Kamal also takes a dig at youth level politicians who take their ideology too far. The example is the female comrade who to show her love for him and impress him confesses that she had dressed like a man and also rode the bike to try and show Sivam that she is not an ordinary female who is suppressed by society.
Also the dialogue “Aani adiccha appuram sutthiyala matthi veccharanam. kathira aruthapparam aruval eduthu vecharanam”. A brilliant dialogue which tells us that communism must not be taken too far. It is good till it stabilises the economy. After that a little capitalism can be brought in. Just like it was done in China in 1978 by Deng Xia Pong.
A satire on people taking their political ideology too far is shown in the Malayalam film “Sandesham” written by actor Sreenivasan.
Above all, Kamal tells us “Do not look for God. Look for Godliness in you and others”.