Can you describe the wedding scenes of Lord Shiva on his way to the goddess Parvati?

 

• Wedding proposal: Lord Shiva is known as Kedarnath or mendicant Lord of mountains . When, Devrishi Narada -the celestial sage- approached him with a wedding proposal of Goddess Uma - the cosmic mother; he asked him to present his best image to his would be in laws.

• Wedding procession: Narada knew that it was not going to be easy as Lord Bholenath-lord of compassion will invite every one- ghosts, mendicants , gods and goddesses to human beings - to join his wedding procession.

• कर त्रिसूल अरु डमरु बिराजा।

चले बसहँ चढ़ि बाजहिं बाजा॥

देखि सिवहि सुरत्रिय मुसुकाहीं।

बर लायक दुलहिनि जग नाहीं॥3॥ (Ramacharitmanas)

• Well, many of his guests created scenes and made every one feel scared with their strange behavior, over excitement.
• Finally, Lord Vishnu was compelled to ask them to maintain decorum.

• Arrival: According to Ramayana and Ramacharitmanas; when Maina devi- mother of Goddess Uma saw her would be son in law and his followers ;she fainted .
• King Kailash -father of Goddess Uma- also became sad and pensive.

• Wedding: पानिग्रहन जब कीन्ह महेसा।

हियँ हरषे तब सकल सुरेसा॥

बेदमन्त्र मुनिबर उच्चरहीं।

जय जय जय संकर सुर करहीं॥2॥ (Ramacharitmanas)

• Nevertheless; Goddess Uma convinced all that Lord Bholenath is her soul mate and an indispensable part of her existence.

• Narada also explained to all that Lord Shiva is master of entire cosmos and Goddess Uma is his Shakti or energy.

• Triguninarayan shrine: According to sacred texts; Lord Shiva married Goddess Uma at triguninarayan shrine in Rudra prayag district in Uttarakhand.

• As Lord Vishnu acted as brother of Goddess Uma in her marriage and performed necessary rituals ; thus this shrine is named as Triguninarayan.
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• Conclusion: All's Well That Ends Well : Shakespeare
• Pic credit: Google
• Jai Badri Vishal Om Namah Shivaya !

Why do some films choose to shoot scenes spontaneously in crowded areas like NYC without getting permits?

 Getting the permits necessary to shut down New York City streets and other public areas can be extremely expensive. And if your film does not have a budget for that, you simply film your scene the best you can while New Yorkers go about their lives.

To give you an idea how expensive we’re talking, during the filming of Vanilla Sky it cost $1 million to seal off Times Square for three hours and film a single scene there.

(Times Square, all closed off for the filming of Vanilla Sky, one Sunday morning in November.)

Now Times Square is a much bigger lift than other places in the City, but it helps put things in perspective.

To shut a street down completely, you will need a plan to deal with the traffic problem you’re about to cause, permits to do so and the NYPD to do all the work of traffic control and pedestrian diversion for you. And you can bet you’re paying for the NYPD officers to block the street off.

Because this is a major pain in the neck for New York City, and you will pay through your nose for the privilege.

Instead, you can simply go out and film right on an open street, no permits necessary. But this does mean you will deal with the crowds and the traffic whether you like it or not.

And trust me, this can be an issue.

(“Hey, I’m walking here.” Though the real incident behind this scene wasn’t used in the film, the production recreated it using a rented cab with an extra behind the wheel to get a better take a bit more safely.)

One of the most famous scenes in film history was improvised after a real life taxi nearly ran down Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as they crossed a busy New York street during the filming of Midnight Cowboy.

What is the best action scene filmed without special effects?

 Let's look at some of Buster Keaton's most famous stunts. Many of Keaton's stunts were so dangerous that he himself could have died, so the film crew and his colleagues tried to persuade him to stop doing them.

In the end, all of this was done in a single take.

In the initial shot below, he was supposed to cling to the ledge without falling, but he did fall. So we changed the scene and added a scene where he falls without being able to grab onto the awning.

What are at least 10 of the most ridiculous scenes you've seen in movies regardless of whether the whole movie itself was good or not?

 It used to be a hobby, in our friend group, to seek out and watch the worst movies we could find. We watched the classic ‘so bad they’re good’ films like ‘The Room’ and ‘Birdemic’, of course, but we also found some really obscure movies which are just as horrible.

The biggest WTF moment of any movie I’ve ever seen comes from ‘2010: Moby Dick’, a retelling of the ‘Moby Dick’ story set on a nuclear submarine.

Most of the movie is pretty boring, to be honest. It’s just a bunch of guys talking about a whale on a cheap submarine set. But then comes the climactic battle, when our heroes land on a tropical island, because, ‘the safest place to hunt a whale is from the land’ 😂

The CGI whale obliges them and starts rearing up out of the water while they shoot at it with pistols and rifles. Then comes the greatest moment in cinema history:

The whale simply swims out of the water, onto the land, and starts sliding around like a snake. Nobody seems surprised by this. It does a stunt jump off a mountain and lands on a guy, crushing him, before swimming back into the water.

Soon afterwards, the island is struck by a nuclear torpedo:

And the plucky female protagonist is somehow ‘thrown clear’ of the explosion to emerge unscathed from the water.

It really feels like they shot all the submarine scenes, realized the film needed an ending, and had about two days to finish it. And at a certain point the director just threw up his hands and said ‘fuck it, the whale can swim on land now.’

Not really a film I’d recommend. But if you’re in the mood to see a whale do a stunt jump off a mountain, I’m pretty sure it is literally your only option.

How do movies use disturbing scenes to explore complex themes like morality and justice, and what are some notable examples?

 I just saw Obsession—and it does a bit of that.

A man gets a special stick he can break and be granted one wish. He wishes his love interest would love him more than anyone or anything in the world.

And he gets more than he bargained for:

She becomes psychotically obsessed with him as this dark psyche takes over. It shows what happens when you take someone’s autonomy away from them.

The movie is also a great commentary on codependency and toxic relationships. I caught myself laughing quite a bit, as I’d encountered a few women over the years who displayed some of these behaviors (albeit slightly less extreme).

What’s incredible is that the director was only 25 when they filmed it and they only had a ~750,000 budget. So far the film has grossed more than $300 million.

Definitely a great film.

What are some examples of films in India that sparked major controversy and how were they handled?

 In India s*x is considered a very taboo subject and cultural organisations are always up against the visual depiction of S*xuality in cinema. So when an Indian American filmmaker decided to make a film on one of the most controversial topics of Indian cinema it received a lot of backlash which was handled in a very manipulative way by the makers.

Mira Nair was making a film titled K*masutra: A tale of Love. Obviously the Indian government were not very happy with this and didn't gave permission to shoot the film. So that Mira Nair did was she didn't give any title to the film and hid the actual content of the film.

To deceive the government officials they gave the working title of the film as “Maya and Tara” the names of the protagonists of the film. Many political and cultural groups complained that the makers are shooting inappropriate scenes and are demeaning Indian culture. When the officials came to visit, the makers improvised fake scenes to show to the officials just to deceive them into thinking that they are making a period drama based on the story Uttaran (which it was but with added erot**ism). When the officials discovered the actual content of the film, the makers did what most Indians do to get their work done- “bribe” or what they call protection money.

Eventually when the film was up for release the Indian censor board refused certification to the film and the film was promptly banned not just in India but also in Pakistan. It didn't modest business and is not considered a great film in the filmography of Mira Nair.

What are some photographs that depict little-known scenes or landscapes?

 In 1857, the Sphinx, whose entire form had been buried, was discovered.

A fascinating image of the Great Sphinx of Egypt before it was fully excavated. This image was taken around 1880.

This image was taken in 1887. Half of it is buried in the sand. Amazing, isn't it?

The photo shows the original entrance to the Great Pyramid.

The Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) (Gustave Eiffel, 1887–1889)

Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island, New York) (Frédéric Bartholdi, 1876–1886)

This torch-holding arm was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and in Madison Square Park in New York from 1876 to 1882.

Tower Bridge in London, England (designed by Sir Horace Jones and George D. Stephenson between 1886 and 1894)

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (1861) (under construction)

Christ the Savior in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (designed by Heitor da Silva Costa, sculpted by Paul Landowski, 1926–1931)

In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the untouched and magnificent tomb of Tutankhamun.

The Italian Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of a stone urn containing gold coins at the site of the former Teatro Cressoni. The gold coins had not lost their luster.

Han Qiaoni, who hails from Yuxian County in northern Shanxi Province, China, had her feet bound from the age of two.

(Foot binding was a practice of stopping foot growth so that it would not grow larger than 3-4 centimeters. Feet that were 3 centimeters long were called "golden lotuses," and feet that were 4 centimeters long were called "silver lotuses.")

Close-up image of bound feet

A photograph of Princess Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, at the age of 18 in 1944, sitting at a desk and reading a book at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. (Colorized)

And here she is, a little older and even more beautiful.

Captain Edward John Smith of the Titanic

Nagasaki, as seen from Kawaminami Koyanagi Island, 13 miles away, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing.

Thank you for watching.

Translator's Postscript

The Japanese embassy to Europe (the second embassy to Europe), which traveled by land due to the construction of the Suez Canal, also apparently visited the Sphinx. April 1864