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**Fegasderty** · 07-13-2010, 06:58 PM

Are we forgetting Hey! Ram, which to my mind isn't about 'normal people', 'regular belief' or 'weak' in any sense of the word..

It never occurred to me that Hey Ram was really asking deep religious (not humanitarian) questions. We do have Amjad and Gandhi shown as men of fortitude, although I didn't see it as being derived from one's own religion, only inspite of it. Also, there is the scene with the astrologer played by VS Raghavan, again mocked by Saketh's response, which I think were quite valid, but didn't get a equally valid response from the other side (which I think exists).

I doubt if there has ever been an religious person in any movie, who bases his intelligence, inner strength, and common sense on religion itself. Gandhi, I believe, was one such man, although I don't know if he has ever been portrayed so.

07-13-2010, 06:58 PM	#29
Fegasderty Join Date Mar 2008 Posts 5,023 Senior Member	Are we forgetting Hey! Ram, which to my mind isn't about 'normal people', 'regular belief' or 'weak' in any sense of the word.. It never occurred to me that Hey Ram was really asking deep religious (not humanitarian) questions. We do have Amjad and Gandhi shown as men of fortitude, although I didn't see it as being derived from one's own religion, only inspite of it. Also, there is the scene with the astrologer played by VS Raghavan, again mocked by Saketh's response, which I think were quite valid, but didn't get a equally valid response from the other side (which I think exists). I doubt if there has ever been an religious person in any movie, who bases his intelligence, inner strength, and common sense on religion itself. Gandhi, I believe, was one such man, although I don't know if he has ever been portrayed so.
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