My Favourite Movie Scenes

Warning -- Some of them might be a little senti :P

In no particular order

1. Rudraveena starring Chiranjeevei and Shobhana -- Language - Telugu

There is this scene in the movie where Suryam (Chiranjeevi) goes to a poor farmer's house. He finds the farmer's daughter there and inquires about her father's health (who met with some accident or sth like that). She replies saying that he is still a drunkard, comes late in the night, beats up her mom and abuses her and that nothing has changed. Meanwhile, he asks her about her mother who is inside the house (it is btw nth more than a shack). This girl calls out for her and the mother responds by asking her to come in. The girl goes in and the mother comes out. Mom and daughter whisper to each other and though we don't get to exactly hear the conversation, we realise that the mom is berating the daughter for something. Mom comes out finally and starts talking to Suyram. In the conversation, there is a reference to the daughter and she answers without coming out to which Suryam asks her to come out. The camera moves on to the mother and she says that if her daughter has to come out, she has to go in as there is only one saree in the house and that they have to share it.

The camera moves on to Suryam and we here Sri Sri's nenu saitam in the background. Amazing scene, not for the way it is picturized or anything. Just for the simple concept. Poverty at it's worst. And I am sure, this is not an exaggeration.

2. Saagara Sangamam starring Kamal Haasan and Jaya Pradha -- Language - Telugu

Both the protagonists are sitting in a park when Jayapradha (don't rmr her character's name) asks Balu (Kamal Haasan) if he has ever attended a particular music and dance festival. He replies saying that quite a few years back he managed to source an invitation from his guru but in the last minute had to cancel the trip as he was out of money. She says that she has a few invitations to this years event and that she can lend him one. Balu is like very happy and says that it is a forum where the greatest dancers of the country come together. She takes out an invitation and hands it over him. He starts going thru the contents and remarks that this year around, all the dancers are very talented. Suddenly he sees his own picture in the invitation and he goes speechless -- to which Jaya pradha says that even the person in the picture is a great dancer. We suddenly see tears rolling down Balu's face and he hides his face behind the invitation. Few seconds later, he looks up and we see him laughing / smiling.

The way Kamal Hasan acts in this scene is simply remarkable. There are scenes from other movies too (like Mahanadi where he goes in search of his daughter and manages to find her in a whore-house in Calcutta) where he manages to make audience senti. But this particular scene -- I don't really have words. I always end up having goose-bumps when I see this. The way his emotions change in a matter of few seconds is really really worth watching.

3. Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith

The last scene where he manages to secure himself a job with the company. He is extremely happy / thrilled and the way he dances once he comes out of the office -- again remarkable.

There is something in these two emotions -- sadness and joy that makes them universal. Was reading this book called emotions. He says stuff which most of us are aware that sadness and joy are universal emotions and people across the world react in a similar way to similar triggers. No wonder, we sometimes tend to understand the moods of the other person without them explicitly saying anything.