The Man Who Made God Look Good
Ketan Mehta has created a magnum opus through his film 'Rang Rasia'. The film has touched upon topics that are relevant to our world even now. 'In the nude, whatever is not beautiful is obscene'. That, I think, is the first thing the movie has portrayed and done so elegantly. A truth that. for having been misunderstood, has caused a stir from time to time even in the contemporary world. Be it Hussain's art or Verma's himself. The lady muse, Sugandha, tells the advocating fighting against Verma in the court, "He made a goddess out of a lady such as myself whereas you made me a prostitue." I think that Sugandha's act of suicide towards the end of the movie was like an act of murder at the hand of the society of nothing less than art itself. Ravi rushes madly into the room to find Sugandha hanging from the room glowing like a divine figure. Almost as if Urvashi herself were ascending to heaven. The movie depicts the greatness of art in a rare wa