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THE HINDU
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Magazine DELHI
60 MINUTES 3
‘What is necessary breathing space to deal with
the little problems of the common
man. Their fi lms chose not to be larger
than life, not to be melodramatic, not
fear factor’
platforms that off er similar or even
bigger freedom to young fi lmmakers.”
Poetic language
Palekar, who fi lmed Thoda Sa Roomani
Fifty years in the industry, Ho Jaayen entirely in verse — in a
throwback to the Kaifi Azmiscripted
and the veteran actor has gone Heer Ranjha — has spoken the language
of poetry rather than prose through
back to his fi rst love, painting most of his directorials. “I have always
been fascinated by Hollywood’s
musical genre, which off ers seamless
HARI NARAYAN narration from prose to free lyrics to
music. West Side Story, The Sound of
W
hen actorfi lmmaker Amol Music, My Fair Lady, Carmen, all these
Palekar tried to praise the old classics. The ageold Bollywood
Ministry of Culture for situations break into songs when in
organising a retrospective love, when in despair, while
last month, it was interpreted as a celebrating. However, the Hollywood
‘backhanded compliment’ by one of musical off ers mundane situations like
the hosts. “Their apprehension of arguments, discussions and debates in
criticism triggers the gagging and a lyrical manner. I explored this
preempts what would follow… Good, exciting form fi rst in the TV serial
bad, ugly,” says Palekar, whose speech Kachchi Dhoop in 1987. It was
at the National Gallery of Modern Arts
(NGMA) was rudely interrupted when c
he expressed concern that some When you expect a quid pro quo
advisory committees were being #70929
Freddie Mercury The fi lm has done well at the box
offi ce, taking in $854 million, but
moved to the United Kingdom from
Zanzibar when he was a teenager.
“audacious, communicative powerful
human being there was a sense of
to Oscar glory wasn't acclaimed critically
unanimously. Critics, however,
showered praise on the actor, with
Refl ecting on his own life, Malek said,
“That kid was struggling with his
identity... I think to anyone struggling,
loneliness and anxiety. I could relate
the two together.”
A fi rst generation American of Egyptian Rolling Stone magazine saying that we made a fi lm about a gay man, an How did he prepare for it?
descent playing another immigrant despite the fl aws Malek’s take on the immigrant, who lived his life just In 1991, Mercury was one of the fi rst
walked away with the Best Actor prize legendary singer “saves the day.” In the unapologetically himself. The fact that British celebrities to die of AIDS. He
at the 91st Academy Awards last runup to the Oscars, Malek had won I’m celebrating him and this story...is was 45 years old. The fi lm is about the
Sunday. the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors proof that we’re longing for stories like origins of Queen and Mercury’s
Rami Malek, 37, won his fi rst Oscar Guild and the British BAFTA awards. this.” personal battles and public persona,
for his depiction of fl amboyant singer When Malek got a call during the the struggles with his sexuality and
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Why did he relate to the role? third season of TV series Mr. Robot for drug abuse.
Bulsara, who fronted British rock band In his acceptance speech and later the role, he wondered how that young Malek, who could not even play the
■ WHEN
February 28,
2019
On edge: Indian and Pakistani troops traded
fire along the Line of Control in Kashmir on
Thursday, a day after the neighbours
downed each other’s jets. Reuters reported
that the U.S., China and other world powers
have urged restraint as tensions escalate
following tit-for-tat air strikes in the wake
of a suicide attack that killed at least 40
CRPF personnel in Pulwama on February 14.
#70929
■ WHY offi cials scrambled to put out the blaze,
an Indian Air Force helicopter sprayed
Compounding matters is the ubiquity
of lantana camara, an invasive weed
it is Bandipur or the rainforests of the
upper Western Ghats. Scientifi c
over 19,000 litres of water in seven species native to South America, that literature have shown this blanket
Are fi res frequent at sorties.
While fi res are not uncommon at
has spread through nearly twothirds
of the forest area.
approach may be doing harm to dry,
deciduous forests where trees have
Bandipur reserve? Bandipur, what has surprised offi cials
is their intensity and frequency. The
worry now is the longterm damage to
Over 400 fi re watchers were placed,
but questions have arisen whether the
precautions were enough, especially
evolved to coexist with fi re.
Jayashree Ratnam from the National
Conservation for Biological Sciences
the ecosystem, which is a part of the since Bandipur has had frequent fi res. and fellow authors have noted in a
Nilgiri Biosphere that hosts the world’s recent study that the trees in this
largest tiger population, at more than How susceptible is it to fires? landscape were closer to those in a
575 (2014 census). Bandipur is a dry deciduous forest in savanna than in rainforests 100 km
the rain shadow region of the Western away. Trees have dramatically thicker
How did it start? Ghats, and is no stranger to fi res. barks, implying that they had evolved
The 2018 monsoon was particularly Periods of drought invariably lead to to be fi reresistant.
strong, but the yearend northeast fi res. In 2017, a forest guard was killed “When fi res are relatively frequent,
monsoon has failed. If the monsoon led while attempting to douse a fi re in the adult tree mortality in these systems is
to dense growth, the blistering heat region. very low. Many saplings sprout shortly
since September has turned vegetation A study has shown that between after the fi re from underground
brittle and dry, with vast swathes 1974 and 2014, 67% of the Nilgiri reserves, and the system returns to its
becoming tinderboxes. As with most Biosphere had seen some form of original state in a few years,” she told
forest fi res, it is assumed that forest fi re, with Bandipur having The Hindu.
Bandipur’s ignition was manmade. reported the most incidents. However, Conversely, when fi res are
Forest Department offi cials believe the number of forest fi res had suppressed — including by curbing the
What happened? miscreants set fi re in multiple considerably come down over the tribal practices of controlled fi re
A fi veday fi re that raged through the locations. decades as the Forest Department burning — a greater biomass builds up
Bandipur Tiger Reserve has reportedly The suspicion stems out of a attempted to preempt them through that can lead to high intensity fi res
burnt more than 15,400 acres of growing animosity between the fi re control lines and fi re watchers, which aff ect the ecosystem negatively.
forests. Between February 21 and 25, Department and forestdwellers who notes the study. Moreover, there might be a correlation
the reserve saw 127 fi re counts in accuse offi cials of harassment through between fi re suppression and growth
various ranges of the 912 sq km forest. the wildlife rules. Any investigation What is the impact? of lantana camara, which has replaced
The largest of the fi res was contained into the fi res is unlikely to pinpoint a The country’s forest policy the grassy undergrowth in many areas.
only on Monday. cause or culprits. Strong gusts ensured encourages a zero forest fi re approach .............................................................................
While Karnataka Forest Department that the fi res spread quickly. for its protected landscapes — whether R. Krishna Kumar, Mohit M. Rao