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Satya Prakash's POV

Making of English Film "THINKING OF HIM"

Indo-Argentinian co-production
Indian Producer: Suraj Kumar
Argentinian Producer :Mr.Pablo Cesar
Associate Director to Mr.Pablo Cesar : Satya Prakash Gupta

My experience about filming India part of English Film "Thinking Of Him" is very exciting,enthusiastic,interacting in various locations in West Bengal with Indian and Argentinian cine-professionals.

The film "THINKING OF HIM" is based upon platonic love between Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and famous Argentinian authoress Victoria Ocampo. Indian poet Tagore was recipient of this most laurel award in literature in 1913 for his book of poetry "GITANJALI".  Its English version had charmed the world's literature scholars and intellectual. The young Victoria was so fascinated to Tagorean piece of Poetry and she begun writing letters to Tagore at Shantiniketan in Bolpur (West Bengal), India. Tagore was given a laurel designation as Gurudev ( God of masters) by Mohan Das Karam Chand  Gandhi. Gurudev designated Gandhi with Mahatma. Gandhi is still called by Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahatma and Gurudev had been ventilating their thoughts about growing freedom movement of India with growing belonging between Tagore and Argentinian intellectual young lady Victoria Ocampo with poetic and lyrical letter exchange. Time pulled them so close at her house in Buenos Aires ( capital of Argentina) in 1924 while Tagore was shipping out to Peru but continuous sea voyage had fatigued him with sickness  and weakness.Victoria gets berserk to know of his pathetic condition. She does not care  even of her stranded husband. She humbly forced Poet Tagore to stay at her residence.Tagore interacted with Victoria in 1924.

 

Film has two different time 1. FLASH BACK
                                              2.PRESENT DAY
Flash back is the part of real characters of years 1924 through fictional medium and present day part of the film has been crafted through various imaginary characters in Argentina and India. Non-linear screen play and long take are the device feature of making the film.

Flow of direction of screen movement is so watery  in the script itself that one gets so immersed into  the progression of events of story. The script by Gironimo Taube is an Argentinian author of the film.So film goes ahead through the eyes of Victoria Ocampo and Felix( present day character of Argentina). That's why, Film title is  relevant and catchy " Thinking of Him".


Film has three major locations in three countries:
1.India,
2.Argentina,
3.France

Film has interesting artists 

1.Victor Bannerjee as Rabindranath Tagore

2.Raima Sen,as Kamali ( Present day girl of Tagore's school)

3.Eleonora Wexler as Victoria Ocampo

4.Hector Bordoni as Felix (Present day character of Argentina)

Other than this, the film has various characters in India,Argentina and France.

I will be writing about the films in a series of blogs to enhance aesthetic and technical knowledge of the film.