1879 - Revision history

Thirdpoliceman007 at 07:51, 25 May 2012

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HansaThapliyal at 06:03, 11 December 2011

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HansaThapliyal at 20:11, 9 July 2009

2009-07-09T20:11:27Z

HansaThapliyal at 08:36, 9 July 2009

2009-07-09T08:36:31Z

HansaThapliyal at 08:35, 9 July 2009

2009-07-09T08:35:21Z

HansaThapliyal at 14:41, 8 July 2009

2009-07-08T14:41:56Z

HansaThapliyal at 14:39, 8 July 2009

2009-07-08T14:39:23Z

HansaThapliyal at 08:56, 8 July 2009

2009-07-08T08:56:30Z

HansaThapliyal at 08:33, 3 July 2009

2009-07-03T08:33:07Z

HansaThapliyal at 08:32, 3 July 2009

2009-07-03T08:32:01Z

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 Darkness descends.
-He is alone in a deserted Victoria Terminus, bewitched by the carvings of gargoyles, lizards, lions, tigers, flora and fauna, like in a fairyland.
+He is alone in a deserted [[Victoria Terminus]]], bewitched by the carvings of gargoyles, lizards, lions, tigers, flora and fauna, like in a fairyland.
 Suddenly it satrs to rain, and everything comes to life.

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 [[He is fifteen years old.]]
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 The Zoopraniscope projector was designed by Muybridge to project glass discs projecting sequences of pictures painted from the photographic series.

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 Phalke's family moved to Bombay when [[his father]] joined the teaching staff of the Wilson/Elphinstone College
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-[The thought of Bombay excites Dhundhi, but he is saddened by the seperation from his friend.
+Dada is writing in his book, remembering himself as the young boy who came to Bombay for the first time:
 Somewhere, he is hurt.

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 Phalke's family moved to Bombay when [[his father]] joined the teaching staff of the Wilson/Elphinstone College
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-[The thought of Bombay excites Phalke, but he is saddened by the seperation from his friend.
+[The thought of Bombay excites Dhundhi, but he is saddened by the seperation from his friend.
 Somewhere, he is hurt.
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 He is around nine years old.
-With his parents, uncle, brother and sister, Phalke first crosses the sacred Godavari river from Trymbak to Nasik.
+With his parents, uncle, brother and sister,Dhundhi first crosses the sacred Godavari river from Trymbak to Nasik.
 They then catch a train bound for Bombay.
-That evening on the train, Phalke's father takes out a miniature ritual yagnavedi in metal to perform his evening puja.
+That evening on the train, Dhundhi's father takes out a miniature ritual yagnavedi in metal to perform his evening puja.
 From the train we see, at a far distance, a huge bellows camera being carried on a bullock cart handled by eight Lilliputian men.
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 As within, a ritual is taking place, the train stops and the eight men assemble and load the Gulliver-like camera to take a single profile shot of the entire length of the train.
-The sight of the huge machine mesmerizes Phalke, the boy.
+The sight of the huge machine mesmerizes Dhundhi, the boy.
 The train moves on.
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 A crowd gets off.
-Phalke is seperated from his family and gets lost.
+Dhundhi is seperated from his family and gets lost.
 Darkness descends.
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 Streams of water pour out of the stone mouths of mythical monsters, frothing at the jaws.
-Phalke is shaken, shivering with cold, crying for his father in the dark.
+Dhundhi is shaken, shivering with cold, crying for his father in the dark.
 But it is still unreal twilight outside VT station that a group of boys from the JJ School of Arts sit with hammers and knives, carving  out figures on the terraces and the tops.
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 A Victoria enters and drags a woman away by the hair.
-A mad dog chases Phalke through a backdrop- streets, railways lines, ships and factories.
+A mad dog chases Dhundhi through a backdrop- streets, railways lines, ships and factories.
 He enters a palace and finds the princess stretching her arms and calling his name, and then metamorphising into a frightening old woman.
-With a jerk, Phalke comes awake.
+With a jerk, Dhundhi comes awake.
 [[He is fifteen years old.]]

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 Phalke's family moved to Bombay when [[his father]] joined the teaching staff of the Wilson/Elphinstone College
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-[[1879-86  Bombay]]
+[The thought of Bombay excites Phalke, but he is saddened by the seperation from his friend.
 Somewhere, he is hurt.
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 With a jerk, Phalke comes awake.
 [[He is fifteen years old.]]

←Older revision		Revision as of 14:39, 8 July 2009
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		+
		+	The thought of Bombay excites Phalke, but he is saddened by the seperation from his friend.
		+	Somewhere, he is hurt.
		+
		+	He takes his frustration out on his sister, who is teasing him for his tears.
		+	He is around nine years old.
		+
		+	With his parents, uncle, brother and sister, Phalke first crosses the sacred Godavari river from Trymbak to Nasik.
		+
		+	They then catch a train bound for Bombay.
		+
		+	That evening on the train, Phalke's father takes out a miniature ritual yagnavedi in metal to perform his evening puja.
		+
		+	From the train we see, at a far distance, a huge bellows camera being carried on a bullock cart handled by eight Lilliputian men.
		+
		+	As within, a ritual is taking place, the train stops and the eight men assemble and load the Gulliver-like camera to take a single profile shot of the entire length of the train.
		+
		+	The sight of the huge machine mesmerizes Phalke, the boy.
		+
		+	The train moves on.
		+
		+	After a while, it enters a cave-like Victoria Terminus, almost as though entering a camera obscura, and halts.
		+
		+	A crowd gets off.
		+
		+	Phalke is seperated from his family and gets lost.
		+
		+	Darkness descends.
		+
		+	He is alone in a deserted Victoria Terminus, bewitched by the carvings of gargoyles, lizards, lions, tigers, flora and fauna, like in a fairyland.
		+
		+	Suddenly it satrs to rain, and everything comes to life.
		+
		+	Streams of water pour out of the stone mouths of mythical monsters, frothing at the jaws.
		+
		+	Phalke is shaken, shivering with cold, crying for his father in the dark.
		+
		+	But it is still unreal twilight outside VT station that a group of boys from the JJ School of Arts sit with hammers and knives, carving out figures on the terraces and the tops.
		+	The cotton loaders are tasing a Victoria look-alike, a mad woman at the fountain outside.
		+
		+	Picking up leaves as if to build a nest, small birds move above.
		+
		+	A Victoria enters and drags a woman away by the hair.
		+
		+	A mad dog chases Phalke through a backdrop- streets, railways lines, ships and factories.
		+
		+	He enters a palace and finds the princess stretching her arms and calling his name, and then metamorphising into a frightening old woman.
		+
		+	With a jerk, Phalke comes awake.
		+
		+	He is fifteen years old.
		+	------------------------------------------
	The Zoopraniscope projector was designed by Muybridge to project glass discs projecting sequences of pictures painted from the photographic series.		The Zoopraniscope projector was designed by Muybridge to project glass discs projecting sequences of pictures painted from the photographic series.

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 [[Image:Ed sign1.jpg]]
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-Who knows the story of Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, the mad dacoit who lived two lanes away from Pune kaka?
+An actor dressed in a saree, habituated to covering his mouth with his hand to hide his moustache, is sitting beside the bear cage. Prabhakar is sitting by. The actor is telling him a 'true story' about his hometown, Pune.
 Prabhakar:
-Babaraya:
+You knew him?
 They used to call him home to eat, he would sit in their kitchen and eat off so much chivda. He told good jokes, Kaka told me. And he had a wound on his shoulder, that he would always hide with his towel.
 He said he had hurt himself on the fence one day, but then they got to know, who he really was.
-Mandakini(wide eyed):
+Prabhakar is listening wide eyed
 In the military accounts department for 15 years now, Vasudeo Balwant Phadke is used to the presence of paper. Plenty of paper, many files, and a pride in knowing how to write in English.
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 No one notices? Or people just let it be. They know his grievance..he had applied for leave to meet his ailing mother, but the leave application had taken its time touring so many desks, that his mother had died meanwhile.
 Like a slow caterpillar, the quiet Vasudeo had been standing in corners, watching the wrestlers at Lahuji's Gajpeth talimkhana for a while. He saw upper caste revolutionaries, including Tilak, had been frequenting this place run by a lowly Mang. They were seeking the pulse of Parsuram, the warrior brahman.. they came to the Mang to find it.
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 Babaraya:
-Did I really tell that story, Baba?
+Did Prabhakar really tell that story to you, Baba?
-Sarasvati kisses his head:
+Sarasvati kisses Prabhakar's head:
-You were a great storyteller, always.
+He was a great storyteller, always.
 She looks across at her husband.

←Older revision		Revision as of 08:33, 3 July 2009
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	She writes it in the air.		She writes it in the air.

−	Neelkanth watches her fingers trace a path that stays in the air, like a tunnel in the air.	+	Neelkanth watches her fingers trace a path that stays in the air, like a tunnel in the air. And in the tunnel moves the train, and enters Victoria Terminus, like it might walk into the body of a camera obscura.

←Older revision		Revision as of 08:32, 3 July 2009
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	[[1879-86 Bombay]]		[[1879-86 Bombay]]

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		+	Saraswati bai:
		+
		+	Baba's family moves to Bombay.
		+
		+	Prabhakar:
		+
		+	Baba, who had never before sat in a train, sees the hills running past. His mouth is open, he has forgotten to breathe
		+
		+	Mandakini:
		+
		+	on the ferris wheel?
		+
		+	Saraswati
		+
		+	On the train, the world is running outside the windows
		+
		+	Neelkanth:
		+
		+	Like a picture only, like a film?
		+
		+	Saraswati nods:
		+
		+	And then where do they reach. Vi?
		+
		+	They all look blank.
		+
		+	Vi-c-to-ri-a
		+
		+	She writes it in the air.
		+
		+	Neelkanth watches her fingers trace a path that stays in the air, like a tunnel in the air.