What Colour?

Talking about movies will not be complete without the mention of movies from Iran. Iran is hailed worldwide for the kind of thought provoking real movies it offers to the international audience.These movies are intellectualy heavy and talks about human relationships, women's empowerment and the real plight of people in its country.
Most acclaimed directors from this country are Samira Makhmalbaf, Majid Majidi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostoki and many more. All these directors are famous worldwide.
And to say about Majid Majidi's creations, his movies are critically acclaimed and has won several awards in the film festivals held acros the world. And one interesting fact is his recent movie "Baran (The Rain)" has even seen a commercial theatrical release in multiplexes in India. India which has never seen any foreign films except Hollywood movies was ready to see his movie in theatres. Such was his ability to reach out to even the conservative societies.
And the most wonderful film from his creation is "The Colour of Paradise". This movie is unique, liberative and thought provoking in a sense that though the story line is about a visually challenged boy the movie does not try to sensationalise the issue at any point of its flow! A rare thing to be seen in Indian movies.
The movie poetically portrays the boy's thoughts and feelings as the story unfolds softly in its own pace. The picteresque locales add more credits to the movie.
This movie tries to capture the poignant moments in the family when the boy returns to the village to spend the vacation with his grandmother, father and sisters from the boarding school in the city. The selfish father, who has even planned to remarry, is reluctant to bring him home. Ignoring the grand mother's protest, he makes his son an apprentice to another visually challenged carpenter in a distant town. The grandmother unable to recover from grief dies and later on, the father tries to bring the boy again to his home.
Another attracting feature in the movie is the aptly used metaphors! The scene in which the hair clip presented to the grandmother falls into the river water, the old lady trying to save the trembling fish-out-of-water that has been washed ashore by the flood, the carnivores roaring in the forests and the broken mirror are the examples of poetic touch and judicious use of metaphors in the movie.
Not even in a single scene, the challenge the boy faces is portrayed as an handicap and he is shown as no less an efficient individual. The scene where the boy saves an young one of a bird fallen from the nest from a cat on the prowl is an apt example for this.
This commendable work of art is an excellent piece of portrayal of human relationships sprinkled with poignant moments.
The colour of paradise! What is a paradise? Could one say that the society which includes everyone without any discrimination on the basis of ability, gender, caste etc. is the real paradise? Or is it far from the reality?
But what is the colour of the paradise? Is it the colour of humanity? Is it the colour of unbiased society? Is it the colour of acceptance? Is it the colour of inclusion? Or would it be an exaggeration if it is said that the real colour of paradise is the colour of everything? Yes! It is the colour of each and everything that is humane!