It happens once in twelve years.
The Neelakurinji has flowered in the Anaimalai Hills…
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What She Said
Bigger than earth, certainly,
higher than the sky,
more unfathomable than the waters
is this love for this man
of the mountain slopes
where bees make rich honey
from the flowers of the kurinji
that has such black stalks.
- Teevakulattaar (Kuruntokai 3)
Trans. A.K.Ramanujan
From SKJ’s column in the MM today:
Is it just a coincidence that the acronyms of the two most significant films this year are very musical in sound? RDB also stands for Rahul Dev Burman. And take the ‘R’ out of LRM and we have the most melodious name in the history of Indian cinema.Methinks Mr Jha is reading way too much into the acronyms. But it’s a good game nevertheless. You take the first K out of KANK and add an S and a T…Do you get the point? The reclamation of a past heritage comes in these films with a musical footnote. It’s no coincidence that LM sang a lullaby in RDB. Rakeysh Mehra was adamant to have Lataji as part of his film…
