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'''''Arising from the Surface''''' (Hindi: सतह से उठता आदमी) is a 1980 Indian [[film]] directed by [[Mani Kaul]]. It was screened in the ''[[Un Certain Regard]]'' section at the [[1981 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Arising from the Surface |accessdate=7 June 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930220634/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |archivedate=30 September 2012  }}</ref> This is an essay film grounded in the writings of [[Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh]] the prominent 20th century Hindi writer, poet, essayist, literary and political critic. <ref>http://jkk.artandculture.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/ArtandCulture/jkk/pdf/pdf2017/programs/Brochure%20tah%20sathya.pdf</ref>
'''''Arising from the Surface''''' (Hindi: सतह से उठता आदमी) is a 1980 Indian [[film]] directed by [[Mani Kaul]]. It was screened in the ''[[Un Certain Regard]]'' section at the [[1981 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Arising from the Surface |accessdate=7 June 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930220634/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |archivedate=30 September 2012  }}</ref> This is an essay film grounded in the writings of [[Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh]] the prominent 20th century Hindi writer, poet, essayist, literary and political critic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jkk.artandculture.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/ArtandCulture/jkk/pdf/pdf2017/programs/Brochure%20tah%20sathya.pdf|format=PDF|title=तह-सतह : A VERY DEEP SURFACE|author1=Mani Kaul|author2=Ranbir Singh Kaleka|quotation=Between Film and Video|website=Jkk.artandculture.rajasthan.golv.in|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The screenplay of this film is based on two poems, two essays and six short stories by [[Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh]] and the title of film is taken from one of his short story used in the film. <ref>{{cite AV media |people=Waugh, Thomas |date=1988 |title=Mani Kaul - Interview with Thomas Waugh |medium=Youtube |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCe_zcmJfoY |access-date=5 July 2019|time=29:20 |location=Mumbai |publisher=Indian Doc Film}}</ref> The film is neither a biopic nor an adaptation, or an essay, nor fiction, and yet it engages with all these forms producing a cinematic text that defies any categorization. The narrative is fashioned around three characters: Ramesh ([[Bharath Gopi]]) who embodies Muktibodh's subjectivity where as Madhav (Jha) and Keshav ([[M. K. Raina]]) are his companions. All three saunter in and out of numerous [[mise-en-scène]], driven by the political, philosophical underpinnings of Muktibodh's universe.
The screenplay of this film is based on two poems, two essays and six short stories by [[Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh]] and the title of film is taken from one of his short story used in the film.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Waugh, Thomas |date=1988 |title=Mani Kaul - Interview with Thomas Waugh |medium=Youtube |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCe_zcmJfoY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/uCe_zcmJfoY |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=5 July 2019|time=29:20 |location=Mumbai |publisher=Indian Doc Film}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film is neither a biopic nor an adaptation, or an essay, nor fiction, and yet it engages with all these forms producing a cinematic text that defies any categorization. The narrative is fashioned around three characters: Ramesh ([[Bharath Gopi]]) who embodies Muktibodh's subjectivity where as Madhav (Jha) and Keshav ([[M. K. Raina]]) are his companions. All three saunter in and out of numerous [[mise-en-scène]], driven by the political, philosophical underpinnings of Muktibodh's universe.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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Arising from the Surface
Directed byMani Kaul
Written byMani Kaul
StarringBharath Gopi
CinematographyVirendra Saini
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Arising from the Surface (Hindi: सतह से उठता आदमी) is a 1980 Indian film directed by Mani Kaul. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[1] This is an essay film grounded in the writings of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh the prominent 20th century Hindi writer, poet, essayist, literary and political critic.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The screenplay of this film is based on two poems, two essays and six short stories by Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh and the title of film is taken from one of his short story used in the film.[3] The film is neither a biopic nor an adaptation, or an essay, nor fiction, and yet it engages with all these forms producing a cinematic text that defies any categorization. The narrative is fashioned around three characters: Ramesh (Bharath Gopi) who embodies Muktibodh's subjectivity where as Madhav (Jha) and Keshav (M. K. Raina) are his companions. All three saunter in and out of numerous mise-en-scène, driven by the political, philosophical underpinnings of Muktibodh's universe.

Cast[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Arising from the Surface". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Mani Kaul; Ranbir Singh Kaleka. "तह-सतह : A VERY DEEP SURFACE" (PDF). Jkk.artandculture.rajasthan.golv.in. Retrieved 16 March 2022. Between Film and Video
  3. ↑ Waugh, Thomas (1988). Mani Kaul - Interview with Thomas Waugh (Youtube). Mumbai: Indian Doc Film. Event occurs at 29:20. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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