I Haven't seen Laggan but I'm told it's really good. I took it that with the 
funeral pyres you have to take it in context rather like Humphrey Bogart's 
voice in film noir.



bw
James





>From: Nancy Gandhi <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Sub: Hindi Movie
>Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:41:59 +0530
>
>Oh -- the threats at the end didn't move you?  I thought 'Get the funeral
>pyre ready now!' was pretty effective.  I found it in the sense that I 
>watch
>a lot of Hindi movies, and these are some of the lines that one hears again
>and again.  (You've really watched Tamil movies??? How strange.  My
>favourite director, Mani Ratnam is Tamil, and so is my favourite music
>director,A. R. Rahman -- who wrote the music for Lagaan, if you saw that --
>the movie with the cricket match).  But Tamil is harder to understand, so I
>stuck in my 'poem' to Hindi.)  I'm glad you think it's a poem.
>Nancy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of James Bell
>Sent: Friday, 22 November, 2002 2:57 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Sub: Hindi Movie
>
>
>Hi Nancy,
>Where's the vituperation? I wanted to read this as I love watching 
>Bollywood
>movies and even saw some pretty violent Tamil movies in Singapore years 
>ago.
>This is pretty good. Is it poetry? I think so, though perhaps others might
>question that premise. Where did you find it?
>
>
>
>bw
>James
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Nancy Gandhi <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Sub:  Hindi Movie
> >Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:59:43 +0530
> >
> >It's a found poem.  Or not a poem at all, perhaps.  Some suggestions for
> >vituperation included in the last stanza.
> >Nancy
> >
> >      Hindi Movie
> >
> >I hate you!
> >I love you.
> >This marriage cannot take place!
> >When you were born I promised my best friend that you would marry his son
> >when you grew up.
> >The daughter of a man in my position can never marry a poor boy!
> >Our family is poor but honest, you can never marry that corrupt rich 
>man’s
> >son!
> >Our families have been feuding for generations, forget about marrying 
>him!
> >I’m pregnant.
> >
> >You’re like a son to me.  (He is her son, separated at birth)
> >When I’m with you, I feel as though you were my mother.  (see above)
> >Son, you have an identical twin brother who was separated from you at
> >birth.
> >Brother!
> >Ma!
> >Son!
> >Doctor, my mother will live, won’t she?
> >I’ve done all I can, now you must put your faith in God.
> >Ma!  You can’t leave me here alone!
> >
> >You dog!
> >You villain!
> >Rascal!
> >Your death is standing behind your shoulder!
> >I’ll break your body in such small pieces, there won’t be enough for the
> >vultures to eat!
> >Not even the God of Death will be able to find you!
> >Get the funeral pyre ready now!
> >
> >Nancy
>
>
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