Buddha in the Making
There are few successful men who have taken
their thoughts to conquer both emancipation from the mundane and
thrust their archetypal stimuli in the open to blend all ideas to
secure a new idea or ideas into a depiction of modernity. It doesn't
stop here but includes a powerful media to dramatize and narrate a
biographical epic into what is now anything but "Buddha."
Modi has now transformed these cogent ideas
into a mathematical equation where the talent of Hollywood, the
roots of India, the heritage of the East who is none other than
Buddha, is in itself an icon of the East to be rendered on a screen
as large as any that can be with animation and graphics making a
powerful re-entry like none before.
The costs of this movie are staggering where
it would cost no less than $1 million a minute. In an age where
entertainment is at its peak defining post-modernism; it surely has
become the vehicle into the future. The needed staff to assist him
have been selected skillfully to depict the true nature of a wise
being who has renounced violence for a peaceful existence.
There will be plenty of drama and grotesque
scenes in the upcoming movie, the crowd will certainly find this an
equivalence to any religious drama where the crucifix is the symbol
of all interwoven patterns of the life of Jesus Christ will now give
Buddha an impetus to make a new beginning into the Western world
coming in from the East.
Is this a new beginning for Bollywood making a
new beginning in the West with a mega thrust of biblical proportions
using the philosophy and theme of Eastern religions with an entry
into the West with a daring expense and a budget, the outcome is a
certainty, producers such as Modi are making history nevertheless.
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