Rasatantram - means chemistry in Malayalam
(Please don't read further in case you intend watching the movie and don't like to hear the story before going for the movie)
I watched this movie called Rasatantram today. It is about the chemistry of life. The central character, Premachandran, has gone through a tough life sacrificing a lot for the sake of other people. For the sake of someone, he takes the blame of a murder he hasn't committed and serves a life sentence in jail. This simple man keeps hoping that there are genuinely nice people in this world, but time and time again, he finds that it is every man for himself in this world. He tries to lead a happy life, but doesn't quite look forward to life and has a lot of sorrow and mistrust within because of the bitter experiences he has had. Even the person whom he went to prison for seems to have forgotten the favour done to him. That is the reality of most relationships. It is almost basic to be selfish and the fact is subtly potrayed in the different relations in the movie. The movie has a happy ending. One walks out feeling hopeful about life and relationships as Premachandran does find someone as selfless as he is and trusts her enough to spend his life with her.
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Chippu! Read through many of your blogs and really really liked them, especially some of your puns!
Regarding "Rasatantram" (well, I watched the movie at the Shivaji nagara theater), I also came across a new word meaning recently.
Rasatantram also means, according to the Puranas, the chemical essence of the soul or atman! During the process of death (and the next birth) there is some transfer of rasatantram that happens. I managed to read it upto a point, but my neighbour passed away around the same time, so I couldn't gather further reading courage on such a topic, so thats all I can explain :-)
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