Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 under Art, Culture, Films, Travel | No CommentWhen traveling in Bombay, hotel accommodations are very high on the list of priorities. In the midst of one of the largest cities in the world, there needs to be at least one place of respite, somewhere that luxury and comfort can be counted on. Whether the trip is for relaxation, where the hotel will be the place most seen, or for adventure, where the hotel is a place to sleep, comfort is key to rejuvenation of the body, mind, and spirit. Mumbai is one of the most dazzling places on earth, where the vibrant urban scene is dotted by one memorable event after another. The locals are fascinating studies of humanity, and it’s really no wonder that this is also one of the film capitals of the world. There is always so much visual stimuli, it takes the hands of a very skilled artist to bring the energy into some kind of focus.
Rajat Nagpal and Devashish Makhija, Bombay artists, collaborated efforts to make a series of short films. Begun with the intention of making three works that were based on shifting points of view, they put their directing and writing talents together to make experimental video to go along with a visual arts show in Bombay. Almost as an afterthought, they made an extremely short work, barely over one minute long, about the death of a rooster, that has brought them an awful lot of attention.
Titled “Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro,” the film has been listed on some prominent lists as one of the 10 favorite films of the year. It has also been shortlisted from 2500 hundred films in the Filmminute: International One-Minute Film Festival. Although the content is a bit disturbing on multiple levels, the pace and style are absolutely brilliantly funny. These artists achieve a kind of beautiful unity of art in a very short time, and push the limits of the film form. Their impressive qualifications and experience suggest that there is more to come from these artists, and hopefully at times they will be able to collaborate again, but the document they’ve left behind is a splendid work of brief cinema, and another notch in the artistic identity of Bombay.
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