Colours Festival of Bollywoodfaces On Holi
It’s the festival of Holi around the corner- a day when colours of all shades fly in the air, leaving behind our given colours of race, class and caste by smearing each other with the colours of festivity and good wishes. Colours have been a significant part of human civilisation and our every day lives. Cinema- which is also a reflection of our lives- has progressed from black and white to colourful visuals, at times employed very meticulously to foreground a deeper meaning in the film. Let us look at some of the films where colours were used as strong motifs and symbols. The Last Colour directed by Vikas Khanna Set in the town of Varanasi, the film depicts the colourless lives of widows of north India. The protagonist, Noor, played by Neena Gupta is forever clad in a white saree, as per the Hindu custom of widowhood. Her colourless attire is symbolic of her abstinence from absolutely any kind of desires, wishes or emotions. The character of Choti promises to smear Noor with colours