30 Responses to “Ink - Short Film (Movie - Telugu)”

1. 1 Jan Apr 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am

   useless art movie

2. 2 Sami Apr 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pm

   Normal person will understand nothing

3. 3 sastrylanka Apr 14th, 2007 at 2:21 pm

   haha hey bhisha bhisha, erakka marakka cherakka reyyyyyyyyy. chikkiri bikkiri kikkirooooo.

4. 4 Anonymous Apr 14th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

   gila gila gila ….mala mala mala…..giri giri oooooooo…….chacchindi ra gorre. buddi gaddi thini choosaanu ra baabu….

5. 5 sssnnr Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

   hey chinkiri pinkiris,inka nen chdanu ra babu……

6. 6 anonymous Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:39 pm

   bum bum bum jalajalajala balabalabalabal…..dummaradum…chachaaaaa..evvadoo choododdhu

7. 7 pal Apr 15th, 2007 at 12:51 am

   really…its a stupid movie.believe me….plz dont watch that movie

8. 8 viewer Apr 15th, 2007 at 11:13 am

   There is some thing Tanikella Bharani wanted to convey,

   but alas it is in-comprehensible for me.

   It would have been a better idea for him to have a small discussion clip after the show to help viewers understand.

   I would be interested to see if any one makes any sense out of this …

9. 9 Innocent_Sufferer Apr 15th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

   Suffered alot

   Please dont watch this movie. Its SHIT.
   No Message, No Concept, Nothing

10. 10 ink reddy Apr 15th, 2007 at 5:47 pm

    nenu oka kavi ni ayi undi kuda eami arthm chesko leka poya pch..

11. 11 Ash Apr 15th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    Tx alot guyz..u saved my time..

12. 12 munni Apr 15th, 2007 at 10:43 pm

    burra thirigipoyindi,edo assignment madhayalo refreshment kosam short movie ani chusthe, chusaka assignment cheyalekapoya………..
    ee movie kanna na assignement ye chala entertainment ga undi

13. 13 Guru Apr 15th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    :-(( i’ve seen these comments after wathing the movie in another site. :-((

    I lost my mind, i tried to understand …but nothing..even a single shot i dint understad.

14. 14 sasi Apr 16th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    very nice one, wonder ful…………… i want to see T. Bharani infront of me….

15. 15 dudes Apr 16th, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    tanikella bharini ki idi kotta kadule. Coz he has written a chelli pelli kavita in yamaleela. After that he has come up with this new extra ordinary concept—-> INK= SIRA. Ammo ammo preview lo aina thanaki teleeka povadam kadu sochaneeyam hasyaspadam. Nijangane gila gila gila, malamala mala.

16. 16 tanmayi Apr 17th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    eanti adi assala eado award wining ani chuste chetta cinema ki kuda istunnaru,eamanna vunda pichi lesindi drag chesukunta 5 min complete chesa vammoooooooooooooooooooooooo vayyooooooooooooo,kuyyyyyyyyyyyoooooooo,murroooooooooooooo.
    weekend mood antha poyindi

17. 17 Anjali Apr 17th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    I dont get it I tried so hard to understand it. watched it so carefully. My brain got all washed out but i was not able to understand it. I heard it got award in idaho film festival. for what? I know for what? FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE MOVIE.

18. 18 anonymus Apr 17th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    I ad a bad head ache after watching the movie.. it sucks!!! dani artham entooooo telsukovali ani undhi..movie name ink ani enduku undhi.. madhyalo ink pen tho pasthadu ink water lo kalupukuni thaguthadu valla wife ki ink pattelu golusulu cheyinchadu whtss up with this ink??:D

19. 19 Preeti Apr 17th, 2007 at 10:59 pm

    LOL.. I was really puzzled, confused, dumb-founded, and speechless after watching this movie. Didnt understand even one second of it.. But, once I started reading the comments, I really had fun!!
    But I have to say, the best scene is where Jhansi finds globes on his eyes LOL..
    I think it would be interesting to know ppl’s favourite scene in this movie..

20. 20 mess to u all who comment this movie Apr 18th, 2007 at 1:18 am

    meeku 1st ink ante ardham telusa….theliyaka pothe artham chessukoni aa tharuvatha movie choodandi….anyways buddies it’s a good entertaining movie,don beleive all this rubbish. watch it. burra leni valaki ee movie artham kadhule. meeku burra undha….? ayyithe choodandi ledha maneyandi.

21. 21 Bobby Apr 18th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    I came to know about this movie through my friend that this is a stupid movie and he didn’t understood any thing and challenged me to tell what would be the intention of director in directing this movie.
    When I started watching the movie for first 5 min I didn’t undersood any thing and when the tanikalabharani picks a paper and starts writing on paper then I got the first thought and I continued watching the movie and after completing the movie I really felt happy for watching such a good movie.

    My conclusion was, director actually wants to narrate that people are going behind money, sex and power leaving behind morals, love and young life and the end result is life will become miserable when you grew older and when you see back in to your past life nothing will be there for you.
    This is my opinion about this movie I am not sure whether this is write or wrong

22. 22 Anonymous Apr 18th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    I guess this movie is based on environment. By the climax I understand mankind is reaching heights burning self(burning the statue on ladder). Love is burning with the foreign craze(burning two flowers with the flight background sound). dividing the earth for power with blood(could be the resemblance of telengana).

    Guyz this is pure guess. i thought to share what i understand as i can see so many messages from the people who did not understand even a single bit.

23. 23 UNCCharlotte Apr 18th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    It was a very new kind of Movie making, i appreciate his novel thinking and genrally no ordinary man would understand it. I think there is more to be done in this kind of movie making. Routine movies of love and hatred and comic and parody are all common… This is like, made me think, the first time, whilst watching a movie. And i guess its great. Hats off to Thanikella’s opening up a new way of movie making. Absoulutely spell bound…

24. 24 not so intellegent Apr 20th, 2007 at 12:13 am

    Ayyo, devuda endhuku choosanu. Evvadu thanikella bharani. Endhuku janalaki message ivvalanukonnadu. emi cheppadhalushukonnado adhe straight ga cheppocchu ga. Straight ga chepithene evvariki ardhamu kavatledhu. ila chepithe evvariki ardhamu kadhu.

25. 25 ramya Apr 20th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Artham avuthundemonani chaaaaaaala try chesaaa…..naalaanti intelligent ke artham kaaledu ante, inka maamoolu vaallaki em samajh avuthundi??????hhahahahaha

26. 26 Mustwatch Apr 21st, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Its a three dimensional movie. You watch it for three times … then only you will be able to understand …

    Hats off to Thanikella

27. 27 Panini Apr 22nd, 2007 at 6:14 am

    I really did not understand anything.. But according to reviews its a movie against terrorism.. But we need to appreciate Bharani for taking a novel way of making Telugu film. He is no fool to make a nothing movie.. Only thing is we do need some explanation to understand..

28. 28 siri Apr 24th, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    Did you dream in your sleep any time?

    The answer may be ‘Yes or No’

    Can you understand all your dreams?

    The answer may be, ‘Yes or No’.

    But can you draw inference by correlating the shattered images of your dream to understand it?

    If you can say ‘Yes’, then you are fit to understand the film ‘Sira’, The Ink.

    ‘Sira’ is made with Surrealism. It is the first complete Surrealistic movie in India.

    Oxford dictionary says that Surrealism is ‘20th century movement in art and literature aiming at expressing the sub conscious mind’

    Every scene and every frame is made abstract. You need to tune your minds to watch it. If you don’t understand the film, just take some time, watch for the second time and then draw your own inference.

    The most interesting aspect of surrealistic films is that it can be inferred in any number of ways. The understanding of the film depends on the cognition levels of the beholder.

    Here is a brief scenic description of the film in my view perspective:

    Scene Inference Observations
    Some one calls the poet early in the morning. The poet identifies him as a skull and says, ‘Oh! It’s me” That is the skull, a symbolism of head, which is narrating this film early in the morning without any dialogue. What our head can narrate to us other than a dream or thought? So, this entire film is a poet’s dream. Early morning dreams are known for purity and truth. Dreams appear with shattered images and crumbled thoughts. Camera work deserves a mention here. The spectacles of the poet are shown different.
    The poet digs the soil and places a walking stick in that. He waters it and smells the wet soil. He stretches his hands and breathes happily. He stands up and rotates feeling that entire Universe is his own place Walking stick is a replica of lifeless tree. The poet’s subconscious mind is filled with the thought that trees are being cut down and greenery is absent. But he expresses his love towards trees by watering that stick. He loves the soil and this earth and hence smells the damp soil to his delight. He stretches his hands and smiles implying that he is enjoying freedom. He rotates with Universal bliss like a free bird that is free from all bondages. Vandemataram music brings the feel that poet is patriotic.
    Poet draws down an empty bird cage and sprinkles seeds into that Poet is sub consciously worried about the exterminating bird species. But he loves the birds. The former is depicted in the form of empty cage and the later is shown with the sprinkling of seeds.
    The door doesn’t touch the ground. That is mounted on the wall. This shows that poet’s mind is not touching the ground. He is someone beyond who always dreams about Utopian world.
    The ladder shows the head of an ape downwards, the face of a young boy above that and an old man’s idol on the top. This ladder is the most prominent thing that dwells in the heads of the poet. He always thinks about the stages in human life that came from ape.
    Red News Paper Metaphor for bloodshed
    Black News Paper Metaphor for Sorrows, deaths and Worries The music worked on this scene is horrified and haunts for some time.
    The crumbled Red and Black News Papers appear to be blossoming This means the heart of poet got blossomed to write something responding to the News he read
    Poet drinks Ink He is an embodiment of writing
    Horse neighs Poet got an interesting and majestic thought that made him happy. He writes that immediately.
    Poet’s wife wears black sari through out Metaphor for sorrow, worry and protest. She protests her life.
    Poet locks his head in a jail and thinks to write something He arrests his freedom of expression and writes for money by pleasing a set of people
    Donkey bays The poet gets a dirty thought and sprinkles the ink to show that he wrote something
    Coins shower He earned a few bucks for the first time with that dirty write up.
    Poet’s wife takes a forest fig and cuts that to boil. Just observe the shape of that fig. That resembles sexual organ. The poet’s wife is not satisfied with her marital life and her desires hence she is boiling her desires.
    First Night Scene Poet’s wife feels that her husband is equal to a dead man on bed. Yes, poet is only focused on Utopian world but nothing else.
    Poet’s wife feeds her husband with an Omlette. But poet remains with half hunger even after eating that. Then the wife breaks a globe like an egg. This shows that wife loves the poet a lot and she is ready to break even the globe to feed him.
    Poet’s wife wakes up with the sound of shuttle cock. This implies that her life is shuttling between her mind and heart like a shuttle cock. We have to imagine that her Sacred Marriage Thread in her neck is the Net.
    Poet ties a garland of Nibs to her ankle. The scene depicts that poet loves his wife a lot but he has nothing to make her happy other than pens, nibs, papers and ink.
    A fish, confined to a small aquarium is shown. The life of this poet couple is confined to that pillaged ruin due to financial crisis.
    Two buds catch fire and burn down This shows that the young age of this couple got burnt down without any sexual pleasures with the fire of nib. Camera work deserves a mention here.
    Poet takes a broken globe filled with blood and tries to weld that till he grows old. Whole world is filled with blood shed and the globe is breaking into pieces. The poet worked through out his life to weld the globe with his pen. Shadows are rightly canned by camera in this scene.
    A crow flies off out of two The poet passed away but the wife remained How could the director manage to make only single crow fly off? That’s really a wonder.
    Poet’s wife looks young but the poet turned old. This is poet’s dream. Since he loves her wife he cannot imagine her in old age.
    Poet goes red and fights with nibs those grow as nails This shows that the poet fights against terrorism and violence with his writing.
    Poet dies with globes on his eyes The poet loved the world and tried to protect it. But he died. Still, he looks only at the world.

    Kaley Varshathu Parjanyam
    Prithvi Sasyasaalini |
    Deso Kshobharahitho
    Braahmanaa Santhu Nirbhayaa ||

    Let the clouds rain
    Let the Earth Stay Green
    Let the Country Stay Far From Famines
    Let the Intelligent groups stay fearless

    This is the verse that concludes the film.

    Analysis:

    Music director Veena Pani must be credited for bringing out such a hysterical feel for the film using only traditional instruments.

    Cinematographer RP Tanikella must be lauded for his aesthetic sense in framing the scenes.

    Bharani’s and Jhansi’s silent performances conveyed a lot only with expressions.

    The location chosen for the film is a natural one and the art work is done on that as per the screenplay required.

    Verdict And Suggestion:
    The surrealistic films of this sort must be encouraged.

    These films should be screened for school and college students and make them write Film Appraisal. That boosts up the creativity of students. It would really be a thoughtful exercise for students if these are shown to them to write reviews.

    Yes, surrealistic films like ‘Sira’ hardly convey the message directly. It needs sharp brains to understand.

    This is certainly a wonderful and inspiring attempt by Tanikella Bharani and his team. It gives confidence for artistic film makers to take any wild, crumbled and shattered dream onto celluloid.

    After watching ‘Sira’, The Ink, I felt-

    Young age Twinkles
    Old Age Wrinkles
    Life’s Sound Tinkles
    Poet’s Ink Sprinkles

    -SiraSri

    (sirasri can be reached at sirasri@gmail.com)

29. 29 vijji Aug 20th, 2007 at 7:07 am

    helo.. viewers,

    its an gr8 movie.
    tanikella bharani garu ..chala talent fulllll ga movie making chesaru… adhii blue ink taguthadu and blue ink tho rasthadu… athanu kavi kanukaaaa..and athanu matlade matalu ento clear ga vinandii..andulone unduu complete movie theme.. its a gr8 idea i felt…….
    anniiii love movies chudatam kadhu brothers and sisters.. try to understand what tanikella bharani trying to explain..ardham kakapothe.. malli chusi try cheyandiii.. but dont comment this movie………THIS IS 4 GENERATION……

    we r all need 2 appreciate tanikellaa…

30. 30 Venkie3d Dec 26th, 2007 at 5:49 am

    What a movie. Congrats to Thanikella.
    But, people here sent their response as they did not get anything.
    Here i’m giving the concept of the movie.
    Enjoyyy..!

    The film is all about a poet’s anguish over global terrorism. But the narrative mode chosen for this film by Tanikella is very unique. At least in the history of Telugu films! ‘Surrealism’ is widely used form in literature but it was dealt in Telugu movies. As the word ‘surrealism’ suggests, it is very hard to comprehend for a common moviegoer. Each scene look whacky and absurd but yet they convey deeper meaning.

    Ink deals about a poet’s life. The poet (Tanikella) lives in his own world. He expresses his anguish over the terrorism in his writings and leading his life far from the hum drum of urban folk. However they lead a misery life, his wife (Jhansi) supports him in everyway and even loves him too. But in the end he is killed by terrorist activities.

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