SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 (PAGE-4)
MOVIE- REVIEW
Raja Natwarlal
There have been many films in Bollywood, which
have followed the 'Robin Hood' format in stories. At
the same time, the silver screen has been a testimony to many films which have actually 'con-tested' the
elections as far as conning is concerned. Films like
DHOOM series, SPECIAL 26, BUNTY AUR BABLI,
BLUFFMASTER, OYE LUCKY! LUCKY OYE!,
AANKHEN etc... will always remain as the evergreen
shining examples of films which has been made on
the subject of con jobs.
This week's release RAJA NATWARLAL (earlier
titled SHAATIR) also follows the same path. The film
starts off with Raja (Emraan Hashmi) a con artist by
'profession' and his partner in crime Raghav (Deepak Tijori) and their means to survive in the big bad
city of Mumbai. Life goes on smoothly for Raja, courtesy Deepika Padukone and Waheeda Rehmaan and
Zia (Humamima Malik), something that you will
understand on watching the film. Despite being a conman, his heart bleeds for the helpless children and
beats for the bar dancer Zia. Raja and Raghav seems
to be really satisfied with their petty con-crimes for
survival till Raja overhears two men discussing big
money. Wasting no time, he gangs up with Raghav
and they both hatch a foolproof plan to seize their
big-ticket con with both their hands. Even though they
become successful in executing their plan and
become overnight millionaires, little did they know
that their 'loot/booty' actually belonged to Varda (Kay
Kay Menon), a cricket obsessed dreaded gangster
based abroad. When the news reaches his ears about
his men being looted by the duo, he wastes no time
in bumping off Raghav, something that happens in
front of Raja's eyes. That's when Raja decides to go
on a mission to avenge Raghav's killers, during which
he encounters Yogi (Paresh Rawal), a highly experienced con artist, who is now based in Dharamshala,
because he renounces the world of conning and
crimes. It really takes lot of conviction for Raja to
make Yogi help him avenge Raghav's death. How do
they hatch a foolproof plan to destroy Vardas's empire
despite the many odds against them is what forms
the rest of the film. The reason why Yogi agrees to
help Raja also gets revealed almost towards the end
of the film.
Director Kunal Deshmukh, who had earlier teamed
up with Emraan Hashmi and had delivered hits like
JANNAT (2008) and its sequel JANNAT 2 (2012),
does a reasonably good job in RAJA NATWARLAL.
The camaraderie between him as the director and
Emraan as the actor is clearly the highlight of the film.
There are a few repeated moments from his earlier
films, but the plot of the film overshadows that. He
manages to get the audiences glued to their seats
throughout the film, a few loopholes notwithstanding.
Even though the first half of the film is engaging
enough, the second half gets a bit stretched up, thus
pushing the audiences into a 'yawn-zone'. Kunal
Deshmukh also makes a blink and miss cameo in the
film!
As far as performances are concerned, Emraan
Hashmi is top rate as he delivers exactly what was
expected of him. Even though his last film GHANCHAKKAR turned out to be a dud, this film will surely live upto the audiences' expectations from him. On
the other hand, debutante Humaima Malik, despite
commanding a strong screen presence, is merely
reduced to a prop in the film. She does deserve
brownie points for her confidence to stand against
Emraan Hashmi, even though she doesn't match upto
the 'requirements' of being an Emraan Hashmi's
heroine! Deepak Tijori, despite being in a cameo, registers a strong screen presence. Needless to say that
the other men in the film Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay
Menon deliver a flawless performance each. The rest
of the cast help in the film moving ahead.
Even though writer Parveez Shaikh deserves to
be applauded for the film's storyline, the same cannot be said for the film's editor Anand Subaya, who
could have really churned out a miracle with his editing, a factor that is responsible for the film dragging.
Even though the film's background music (Sandeep
Shirodkar) is engaging, the same cannot be said
about the film's music director Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Unlike the previous Emraan Hashmi films, this film
has no catchy music or even his trademarked oneliners. While on one hand, the choreography by Remo
D'Souza and screenplay (Parveez Shaikh) is commendable, on the other the film's cinematography
(Raaj Chakravarti), and its dialogue (Sanjay
Masoom) could have been really areas which could
have done the trick.
RAJA NATWARLAL is essentially an Emraan
Hashmi film, which attracts its major audiences from
the single screen theaters. The film is bound to face
some 'elephantine' competition as its release coincides with the Ganesh Chaturti festival weekend. In
addition to that, the next week will also see the
release of a hard hitting MARY KOM, which could
possibly apply the brakes on RAJA NATWARLAL.
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ART
Sylvan historian with a pencil
Does drawing as an art form still appeal? Has
drawing as an art form that goes back to the time of
the growth of human civilisation really reached the
last frontier? Uttara Gangopadhyay explores
A look at art exhibitions around us reveals that painting and the newer arts could have relegated drawing to
the periphery of the artistic world. While commercial and
industrial art flourish in their own domains owing to their
utility, there has been a growing concern that drawing as
a finished art form is on the wane. In his preface to the
book Indian Drawing Today, Ram Chatterji, says, “Examples of drawing as end product though not unknown, are
not as numerous as those of paintings.” According to
him, drawing is “either used as a preliminary for a painting, or as a record of visual or mutual experience, for
possible use as a reference or as aide-memoire.”
If one looks at major art exhibitions, or even auctions,
it seems finished drawing is fighting for existence among
paintings, sculptures, and the ever widening world of
newer arts.
Shiva on a Bull, courtesy Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Vastu Sangrahalaya
Yet, give a pencil or a pastel stick to an untutored child
and he or she will invariably draw a line or two, make a
squiggle or draw any shape. This may not indicate the
child’s future as an artist but it does indicate that human
beings take to drawing instinctively, knowingly or
unknowingly. Although the jury is still out deciding
whether it is this basic urge for expression that compelled
cave dwellers in the stone ages to draw on the walls, the
cave drawings are critical to our understanding about the
life of the earliest human races. Besides, folk and tribal
art, India is home to a unique legacy – ritualistic art
expressed through the execution of alpana or aripana.
Exigencies even inspired artists to invent. A popular
medium for drawing today, the Conté crayon - made of
compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with
a base of wax or clay - was invented in 1795 by NicolasJacques Conté, as Napoleonic Wars had led to a shortage of graphite. One can thus easily say that drawing
has been the ‘sylvan historian’ of human civilisation.
“Drawings hold the secret to art but we often tend to
see them as secondary to finished art,” explained well
known artist Sudhir Patwardhan as he guided the visiting art lovers around the Jehangir Nicholson Art Gallery.
It was a revelation to see how artists, who we know more
as painters, sculptors, etc., have executed drawings as
finished art.With its root embedded in expressions
through simple lines, drawing – like any other art form –
has evolved over the years as artists introduced new
methods and styles, broke a few classical rules and interwove modernist ideas from other forms of art to enhance
drawing.
Located in Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum), the gallery was holding an exhibition of select drawings from the collection of industrialist and former sheriff of Mumbai, Jehangir Nicholson (1915-2001). Inspired
by artist Paul Klee’s remark that ‘a line is a dot that goes
for a walk’, curator Kamini Sahwney said, “We have
called the exhibition Taking the Line for a Walk, to turn
the spotlight on drawing.” The exhibition showcased ( till
this August end) how leading modern artists have interpreted drawing in their own ways, experimenting with
styles and forms, adding mass, tone and shading to create exquisite art.Through simple linear expressions to
cubism, these artists have really taken the line for a walk.
The exhibition displayed 45 drawings made by India’s
leading artists, old and young; Chittoprasad Bhattacharya, MF Hussain, Jatin Das, Nikhil Biswas, Tyeb
Mehta, Ganesh Pyne, FN Souza, SH Raza, Arpana Caur,
Laxman Shreshta, Manjit Bawa, to name a few; there
was even a drawing by Homi J Bhaba.
It was revelation to find how complex painters and
sculptors such as Ramkinkar Baij and Sadanand Bakre,
have wielded their pencil or pen; in apparently simply
executed lines, their drawings depict women in varying
moods -thoughtful, confident. Manjit Bawa’s depiction of
animal forms in the drawing Shiva on a Bull in comparison to Paritosh Sen’s drawing of a Gorilla. And then you
find that Vasudeo Gaitonde’s drawing teases the viewer with an expression in abstraction – he has used the
form of an ancient script – lines and spheres – to create
the idea of writing, yet saying nothing. Apparently, artists
use the same flexibility with their drawings as they do
with their paintings, as Patawardhan’s representation of
a Dying City revealed in contrast to Raza’s 1953 untitled
drawing of houses with a church in the background.
Going by the extent of time stamps and the list of
artists, the exhibition has definitely proved that drawing,
even in its modest presence, is still a favourite form of
expression and will hold its own against the onslaught
of new arts, because- as artist Krishen Khanna aptly
says, “Drawing is a spontaneous act. The weight of the
matter does not obtrude… a sheet of paper, a pencil, pen
or crayon, is enough.”
(TWF)
HEALTHLINES
Courage of being a Pediatric Surgeon
Dr Vijay Kundal
When your child needs medical attention, you want
him or her to have the very best care available with the
pediatrician. Similarly, when your child needs an operation, you want to consult a surgeon who is qualified
and experienced in operating on children. Surgeons who
specialize in general surgery often provide surgical care
for children, and they perform many operations on children. But with the development and availability of superspeciality services at the door steps, another kind of
surgeon-the Pediatric surgeon-is trained to provide comprehensive surgical care for children. Pediatric surgeons
operate on children whose development ranges from the
newborn stage through the teenage years. In addition
to completing training and achieving masters in general surgery, pediatric surgeons complete three additional years of training exclusively in children's surgery.
dren in India, pediatric surgeons are routinely faced with
critical care situations involving severe traumatic injuries
sustained by children that may or may not require surgical intervention. Many pediatric surgeons are involved
in accident prevention programs in their communities
that are aimed at decreasing traumatic injuries in children.
Pediatric Oncology-Pediatric surgeons are involved
in the diagnosis and surgical care of children with malignant tumors seen exclusively in children like kidney cancer(Wilms tumor), Neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma(liver tumor), soft tissue cancers, teratomas.
Pediatric surgery set up
Pediatric surgeons practice their specialty in a variety of medical institutions, including children's hospitals,
university-related medical hospitals with major pediatric
services, superspeciality hospitals and need special surgical nursery units for intensive care of very small
babies.
Pediatric surgeons training and certification in
India
Pediatric surgeons must have graduated from medical council of india recognised medical college and must
have completed five & half years of training. Then, they
Pediatric surgeons utilize their
expertise in providing surgical care
for all problems or conditions
affecting children that require
surgical intervention. They
participate in transplantation
operations, and like most surgeons
today, they use laparoscopic
techniques for some operations.
Role of pediatric surgeon in treating the child
Pediatric surgeons are primarily concerned with the
diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative
management of all the surgical diseases in children.
Some medical conditions in newborn babies are not
compatible with a good quality of life unless these problems are corrected surgically. These clinical conditions
must be diagnosed early by neonatologists, paediatricians. Pediatric surgeons cooperate with all of the specialists involved in a child's medical care to know
whether surgery is the best treatment option for the child.
Focus of pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgeons utilize their expertise in providing
surgical care for all problems or conditions affecting children that require surgical intervention. They participate
in transplantation operations, and like most surgeons
today, they use laparoscopic techniques for some operations. They also have particular expertise in the following areas of responsibility:
Neonatal- Pediatric surgeons have specialized
knowledge in the surgical repair of birth defects, some
of which may be life threatening to premature and fullterm infants. Important ones include spinal cord defects,
anorectal defects, intestinal atresias, genito-urinary
defects, hydrocephalus(large head size).
Prenatal-Pediatric surgeons, in association with radiologists, use ultrasound and other technologies during
the fetal stage of a child's development to detect any
congenitial abnormalities. They can then plan corrective
surgery and educate and get to know parents before
their baby is born. Prenatal diagnosis may lead to fetal
surgery, which is a new forefront in the subspecialty of
pediatric surgery.
Trauma-As trauma is the number one killer of chil-
must have completed three years of full-time training
course of masters degree in general surgery from a
recognised institute. This is followed by approved further three year Mch training program in pediatric surgery(post doctoral course). Following completion of their
three-year study in the subspecialty of pediatric surgery,
they must pass a written examination to ensure that their
surgical knowledge is of the highest level and an oral
exam to determine their ability to manage a variety of
surgical problems in infants and children. After these
requirements have been fulfilled, surgeons are granted
a special certificate in the subspecialty of pediatric surgery.
What difference can a pediatric surgeon make
Pediatric surgeons specialize in the surgical care of
children. They are surgeons who are trained and are
oriented toward working with children and understanding their special needs. Pediatric surgeons are specially trained to do surgery on very small babies (even
weighing less than 1.5kg) and can deal with small
anatomical structures delicately. In addition, they work
with various specialists who are also oriented toward
children and toward providing high-quality, safe, and
emotionally supportive care for their patients. When a
pediatric surgeon performs an operation, it is the culmination of an orderly and detailed process involving pediatricians, physicians, and other medical specialists who
work together to treat the whole child. For pediatric surgeons, one of the most satisfying and fulfilling aspects
of their profession is that the majority of their patients
will live long into the 21st century. Most of the specialities of medical science quote 5- 10 year survival rate for
there patients, but the pediatric surgeon have there
patients who have survival rate of 60-70 years. Pediatric surgeons are able to save whole lifetimes, and have
the opportunity to follow their patients through a productive young life into adulthood.
(The author is Consultant Neonatal & Pediatric Surgeon at Dayanand Medical
College & Hospital, Ludhiana)
Shoulder pain
Dr Sumit Mahajan
Shoulder joint is made up upper arm bone (humerus),
collar bone (clavicle) and shoulder blade (scapula). The
head of humerus fits into a rounded socket in shoulder
blade. This socket is called the glenoid. A combination of
muscles and tendons keeps humeral head centered in
shoulder socket. These tissues are called rotator cuff.
Most of the shoulder problem falls into 4 categories
* Tendon inflammation (tendinitis & bursitis) or tendon
tears of rotator cuff.
* Recurrent shoulder dislocation.
* Arthritis
* Fracture , Infection and nerve related problems
Bursitis: Bursae are the small fluid filled sacs that are
located in the shoulder joint between bone and soft tissue.
Sometimes, because of overuse of shoulder, there is inflammation and swelling between rotator cuff and acromion
leading to subacromial bursitis. This may leads to difficulty
in doing daily activities like tying turban, combing your hair
and dressing up.
Rotator cuff tendinitis and Tendon tear: A tendon is
like a cord that connects muscle to bone. Its injury can be
actue, because of the over head activities during work, trauma or sports or chronic, because of arthritis or repetitive
wear and tear due to age. The partial tear or tendinitis can
result into difficulty in movement, pain more at night time,
doing daily activities as in bursitis. In complete tear, patient
is unable to lift his arm along with pain in shoulder.
Impingement syndrome: Shoulder impingement
occurs when the top of the shoulder blade (acromion) puts
pressure on the underlying soft tissues when the arm is lifted, the acromion rubs, or "impinges" on, the rotator cuff tendons and bursa. This can lead to bursitis and tendinitis,
causing pain and limitation of movement.
Recurrent shoulder dislocation: It usually occurs in
young adult. Ligament, tendons and muscle around shoulder become loose or torn, that can recurrent dislocation and
feeling of pain, unsteadiness when arm is raised or moved
away from the body.
Arthritis: Shoulder pain can also result from arthritis.
The most common type of arthritis in the shoulder is
osteoarthritis, also known as "wear and tear" arthritis. Often
people will avoid shoulder movements in an attempt to
lessen arthritis pain. This sometimes leads to a tightening
or stiffening of the soft tissue parts of the joint, resulting in
a painful restriction of motion.
Tests:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound.
These imaging studies create better pictures of soft tissues
and help in diagnosis of rotator cuff tear and glenoid labral
tears.
Treatment:
Treatment generally involves rest, altering your activities,painkillers and physical therapy to help you improve
shoulder strength and flexibility in most of cases. Modalities like steroid injection in the joint, may give some relief
by decreasing inflammation but can cause early destruction of joint. So, this should be avoided.
Certain types of shoulder problems, such as recurring
dislocations and rotator cuff tears, may not benefit from
exercise. In these cases, early surgery is recommended.
Gold standard is the arthroscopic shoulder surgery, which
includes the processes like removing the under surface of
acromion (top of shoulder blade) to remove impingement,
removal of bursa, use of anchors to fix the tendon to bone,
through 2-3 small incisions around the joint. The anchors
used are of two types -non absorbable (titanium) and
absorbable (biocomposite). It is usually a day care procedure and patient will get complete range of motion, the very
next day. The patients have to follow a strict physiotherapy
regimen after this procedure. About 95 percent people usually get relief by this process.
Last modality is the shoulder replacement, which is only
indicated in the severe arthritis or massive irreparable rotatorcuff tear.
(The author is consultant Max Mohali)