REVIEW : ELIZABETH 1998 BY SHEKHAR KAPOOR

ELIZABETH : 1998 - MOVIE REVIEW 

FILM:ELIZABETH

Directed by	Shekhar Kapur
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Alison Owen
Written by	Michael Hirst
Starring	Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Christopher Eccleston Joseph Fiennes Richard Attenborough
Music by	David Hirschfelder
Cinematography	Remi Adefarasin
Edited by	Jill Bilcock
Production company	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Kapurfilm Working Title Films Film4 Productions StudioCanal
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures
Release date	8 September 1998 (VFF) 23 October 1998(United Kingdom)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English French
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$82,150,642

[FROM:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(film)]

PLOT: 

CHETHOLIC QUEEN MARY

In 1557, CHETHOLIC QUEEN MARY was ruled on ENGLAND and IRELAND. She was known as "BLOODY MARY".She killed thousands of  PROTESTANTS in charge of conspiring against CATHOLICS & MONARCHY.Queen's half-sister ELIZABETH  was also arrested for conspiracy charges. BUT, In 1558; MARY dies of tumor & ELIZABETH is freed and crowned THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. AT that time ELIZABETH was only 25 ; she was in love with LORD ROBERT DUDLEY. 

QUEEN ELIZABETH & LORD ROBERT

IN very starting ELIZABETH'S adviser was WILLIAM CENCIL,she inherits a distressed ENGLAND besieged by debts, crumbling infrastructure, hostile neighbors and thus Cencil advised Elizabeth to marry and produced an heir, and secure throne.But ELIZABETH disliked advises of Cencil and continues her secret relation with LORD ROBERT.she exile Cencil from the place of adviser.  ELIZABETH met FRANSIS WAISINGHAM , a Protestant exile returned from France, appoints him to act as ELIZABETH'S bodyguard and adviser. 

MARY OF GUISE

During that time , MARY of GUISE lands additional 4000 troops in neighbouring Scotland.ELIZABETH have no experience of military as well as throne , ill-trained and strategiless English army was defeated by the professional french soldiers. ELIZABETH accepted conditions of MARY, to consider marrying with her nephew HENRY of France . 

FRANCIS WALSINGHAM

IN this movie many times 'HAMARTIA' founded, in light mode; always in character of ELIZABETH.TO heal England's religious divisions, she proposes ACT of UNIFORMITY; in which people used to follow only one church and both paths of Christian religion arguing against one another and refuses to accept queen's proposal ; in response to that ACT Vaticans started conspiring against queen; growing plot to overthrow Elizabeth.Francis walsingham discover all conspires and kill them on the charge of conspirating .Elizabeth found HENRY ;CROSS- DRESSER and refuses to marry him.also she overcome to knowing that LORD ROBERT was already married;thus she banned him form her home. 

Mr.Francis was sent to meet MARY in secret and there Francis killed MARY QUEEN ; Norfolk signed agreement with Vatican ; Elizabeth ordered  to arrest all conspirator except lord ROBERT.

IN the END Elizabeth cuts her hair and considered her self as a VIRGIN QUEEN . Proclaimed her self married to England, ruled lifetime as a Virgin Queen .

    

In movie ELIZABETH depicted as very weak and poor queen than history; thus many English man are disappointed with producer & director but they need to understand ; this it only literary piece not reality.  

REFERENCES : 

1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(film)

2]https://www.google.co.in/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN756IN756&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=ELIZABETH+1998+MOVIE+HENRY+OF+SCOTLAND&oq=ELIZABETH+1998+MOVIE+HENRY+OF+SCOTLAND&gs_l=psy-ab.3...87255.95503.0.96819.12.12.0.0.0.0.405.2260.0j10j1j0j1.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0._qTX13VlXKI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyGBwrtIamw

YUGPURUSH: MAHATMA NA MAHATMA

 DATE: 4-8-2017,FRIDAY; TIME NEARBY 11:30 , SPOT: SRIMATI S. B. GARDY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH BHAVNAGAR [ MAHARAJA KRUSHNAKUMARSINHJI UNIVERSITY BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT; INDIA] .

HOD OF OUR DEPARTMENT/ OUR PROFESSOR offered us 35 pass of play and name was " YUGPURUSH : MAHATMA NA MAHATMA", i was surprised after getting opportunity; and i was also exited; because the place of play was 'YASHWANTRAI NATYAGRUH'; and it was live drama;  i never watch any live drama in my life that was first time when i  was going to see a drama sorry A LIVE DRAMA . I don't know about story of drama, about plot, characters , the funniest thing was that actually i also don't know what title of drama signifies? but when i reached at YASHWANTRAI ; curtains are  removed ; Drama begins with a huge poster which was located in center of stage ; you can see here ---

• one person was standing on a stage and holds a Mike ; giving basic information of play[Drama] 

1. THE NAME OF DRAMA IS "YUGPURUSH: MAHATMA NA MAHATMA" -they are going to play this drama in gujarati language
2. BASED ON LIFE OF MAHATAMA GANDHIJI -SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRAJI AND ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
3. IT WAS ALL ABOUT JOURNEY OF MOHANDAS TO MAHATMA 
4. DIRECTOR : RAJESH JOSHI ; WRITER: UTTAM GADA ; MUSIC WAS GIVEN BY JIGAR .
5. PLAY WAS PERFORMED IN 250 CITIES,not only performed in GUJARATI but also performed in many Indian languages like : MARATHI , HINDI ,TAMIL , TELUGU and KANNADA ;play was also performed in our global language ENGLISH.
6. THEY GAVE HUGE LIST OF AWARDS ;

               It won the Best Drama award at the 16th Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage Awards 2016. 

      The play has completed 750 shows as of AUGUST 2017.

• Awards and Nominations are

              16th Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage Awards 2016

              Best Drama, Mumbai

              Best Director (Stage): Rajesh Joshi

              Best Supporting Actor (Stage): Pulkit Solanki

              Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2017

              Best Play

• After that excellent information they play audio of our PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI'S SPEECH;

 

IN which i gathered extreme information about SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRAJI -[ i honestly accept that before that day i was not familiar with name of RAJCHANRAJI OR RAYCHANDJI; GANDHIJI is my inspiration yet i'm not aware about RAYCHANDJI or his relations with GANDHIJI  ]

• {SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRAJI

                

  Shrimad Rajchandraji is the epitome of an intense and incessant pursuit of spirituality.

 Shrimadji was born on the auspicious day of Kartik Purnima on 9th November, 1867 in Vavania, Gujarat.

 A perfect blend of pure knowledge, selfless devotion, and complete detachment, Shrimadji attained self-realisation at the age of 23.

 He spent months in seclusion, absorbed in the ecstasy of the Self. His compassion for the world flowed in the form of Shri Atmasiddhi Shastra, a masterpiece in philosophical literature.

 On Chaitra Vad Pancham, 9th April 1901, at the age of 33, Shrimadji left His mortal body in Rajkot.

 His preachings have been published in an invaluable volume 'Shrimad Rajchandra', which continues to quench the thirst of true seekers.

 Through ashrams, temples, and institutions dedicated to Shrimadji around the world, lakhs of devotees are benefiting from His teachings and progressing on the spiritual path.

   

 FROM ORIGINAL WEBSITE OF :         [http://www.yugpurush.org/app/BookShow/Page/AboutUs]}

• RELATIONS BETWEEN GANDHIJI & RAYCHANDJI

           According to play{ how Gandhi met Shrimad for the first time after returning from England in 1891. Even after Gandhi moved to South Africa, the meetings still continued not personally but through letters. These letters played a pivotal role in shaping Gandhi’s character. Their honest friendship blossomed and Gandhi proclaimed Shrimad as his spiritual mentor. Shrimad was the one who inherited principles of truth, ahimsa and dharma which were later crystallized as the fundamental tenets of Gandhism. Shrimad left at an early age of 33 and the letters composed by him were then, the only companion of Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi remained indebted to the teachings of his mentor and now he is celebrated as the global messenger of non-violence.}

{ FROM :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugpurush_(play) }

• BRIEF SUMMERY OF PLAY IN MY WORDS 

            

            I  was SHOCKED as well as i was in wonder after watching "AVDHAN" OF KAVIJI ; how is this possible a person could remember 50 words of different languages with in a one time reading ? my mind was totally blanked  and  i STRONGLY  wishes  to stand and give a big salute to KAVIJI; and then one by one we are  getting  knowledge about  'AVDHAN'; we also became familiar with SATYA/TRUTH -AHINSA/NON VIOLENCE - ETC. PLOT OF play was very well designed, they used flashback technique and once again i was shocked when they use wheels in stage performance because i know that it was not easy to handle or control body while performing on wheels . They used full stage during play , they properly  portrays images of death , love, care, sacrifices, hope;play also gave spiritual touch to it's audience and there are no words with me to express my feelings ; i think i have only one word UNBELIEVABLE  .

• Over all play was highly techniqued  , we can see in all images hoe they used full stage ; lightning; also there was an awesome  background music ; NARRATOR of whole play was GANDHIJI himself ,  CHARACTER OF  GANDHIJI presented PAST  SCENES as well as CURRENT SCENES of play. 

• HERE IS PICTURE JOURNEY OF PLAY