PERCEPTION
It was 2011. I was in 6th standard in my native school. One of my neighbour boy who was 4 years younger than me said that he had went to watch the newly released movie 'Paramatma' with his elders. Even he said that that is the worst and boring movie he ever seen on big screen. One day that movie was shown in well known Kannada channel Suvarna on a weekend. Still hearing that review from him, I waited and watched that movie on T.V. I had wondered and thought that why people are crazy about this 'dabba' movie! In a famous song "Usira Kacchi Kollale..." from that same movie, in a scene of race, a man had to carry his girl in his back and had to run towards the finishing ribbon. There while running, Deepa Sannidi bites Puneeth Rajkumar's shoulder hardly! In that age, I was totally puzzled why this, 'more-than-20years-old-horse!' exhibits such a childish behaviour. It took me a decade to realize that 'bite' as an act where romance meets wilderness!
Dancing Girl and Upagupta
I was taught the story of Upagupta twice in my student life. Once in the 8th Standard and again in the graduation. Same story, same lines but here in graduation, in the perception we were taight was different. In high school, we were taught that the Dancing girl of Mathura invites Upagupta for nurishment for his disease skin disease. I was confused that why he had refused to go under treatment for his disease. But later in graduation, I got that the dancing girl portrayed on our high school study was just a dancing girl. But here she is a prostitute. May Upagupta refused her concern because of maintaining his celibacy.
Drona and Ekalavya
We were taught about the story of Drona and Ekalavya in Kannada lesson of 3rd standard. Even I had mono-acted that story. On those days it was taught that moral of the story was self-mentoring and respecting the teacher. Most of us still think so. But when I changed my perception it was resulted that Drona denied mentoring archery to Ekalavya not because of he was inaffordable to pay the tution fee but his caste! This story not only teaches us the self-mentoring morale but also judging a individual based on his caste and birth which are accidental. It is extremely sad that these type of racism still prevailing in society in the name of 'orthodoxy'.
Men in the poster : ANVITH RAI T and LIKHITH RAI T

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