tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post3357329542256494489..comments2024-03-26T23:56:40.646+05:30Comments on At The Edge: Revisiting Tamas: Om Puri and that first sceneVinayak Razdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-59798902473532490912009-01-01T21:49:00.000+05:302009-01-01T21:49:00.000+05:30Much of the controversy was based on the character...Much of the controversy was based on the character of Thekedar played out by Pankaj Kapur. The eventual tragic events of the film are triggered by the initial provocation planned by Thekedar, the agent provocateur of British. In the Novel, Thekedar is a muslim having the name Murad Ali, but in the film this character was given no name and hence no religion...it would have meant more trouble from more quarters.Vinayak Razdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-60618701704114392982009-01-01T21:30:00.000+05:302009-01-01T21:30:00.000+05:30In around 1988, people who wanted to have it banne...In around 1988, people who wanted to have it banned even went to the court - Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court. But the courts rejected the plea. According to the verdict, the film "takes us to a historic past - unpleasant times, when a human tragedy of great dimension took place in the subcontinent. [] naked truth in all times will not be beneficial but truth in its proper light indicating the evils and the consequences of those evils is constructive and that message is there in Tamas.'<BR/>- found it in the book <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC" REL="nofollow"><B>Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence By Mushirul Hasan</B></A>Vinayak Razdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.com