Ship of Theseus (Hindi)
Release Date:
July 19, 2013If the parts of a ship are replaced,bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship?
An unusual photographer grapples with the loss of her intuitive brilliance as an aftermath of a clinical procedure; an erudite monk confronting an ethical dilemma with a long held ideology, hasto choose between principle and death; and a young stockbroker, following the trail of a stolen kidney, learns how intricate morality could be. Following the separate strands of their philosophical journeys, and their eventual convergence, Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death.
SOT raises some important questions for me—it challenges the verbosity in our expressions, confronts us with the triviality of arguments that are nothing short of a brief intoxication, shames us at the very core of our being for being so cosy in our cocooned world which functions on self-serving ideology, questions the very definitions of pair of opposites in life and above all, it defies the long-established tradition of presenting a lopsided viewpoint of a creative endeavour. It is a fruit of utmost detachment towards the subject at hand and it is very clear that Anand Gandhi has treaded this philosophical odyssey with utmost caution.
'Ship of Theseus' is a thing of beauty and a work of utter brilliance. This piece of art is truly beyond ratings and box office. One of those rare Indian films that stimulate the brain (the most thought-provoking film that I have seen in longer than I care to remember).