Monday, January 27, 2014

Lucia: The world of actual dreams!!

Lucia is one-of-a-kind film in Kannada. Among the hundreds of films that were made last year, Lucia stands out due to its rare storyline and narration; not to forget the fine performance of its protagonist Satish Neenasam.







Director: Pawan Kumar

Film Clip
Lucia is basically a tablet that puts you into deep sleep allowing you to dream your unfulfilled desires. The protagonist accidentally comes across such a tablet and is at once introduced into a fantasy world. In real life he desires to become a big film star, with all the added flavours being attached to the stardom. However, he can only fantasize about it and can never imagine even getting anywhere nearer to his desires. But, Lucia, the tablet, gives him that rare occasion to actually experience a fantasy world of his innermost desires.
The film appeals in that, it makes you realise that at times there is a very thin line dividing fantasy from actuality. When you sleep, you are in another world and that world is real for you, though briefly, even if it is a dream world. Freud would have written a book explaining methods to interpret dreams; but there is no denying of the fact that at times dreams can tell us much about ourselves than what we really know.
In the film Lucia, though, the director seems to convey the message that reality is not the only way to actualise your deepest desires and you need not always fulfil your dreams, rather it may be better at times to dream off your ‘realities’.
The film, even as it entertains, makes one reflect on several issues. Among others, it makes you realise that after all dreamy world is not that bad! Full marks to the creative genius of the writer-director Pawan Kumar and the inimitable protagonist Satish Neenasam. The music and songs too add to the creative narration.
- Melwyn Pinto SJ