20230327: cast in stone ...
" So it shall be written... So it shall be done!" Not my words. They are lines from a movie "the ten commandments" which was released in 1950s - much before I was born. The lead cast was Charleston Heston (Moses), Yul Brenner (Ramses) and Ann Baxter (Nefertari). I feel it was ahead of other movies of that time - with regards to the visual effects and magnificence of the scenes. I watched it for the first time when I was in 8th standard (8th grade). Whilst I knew the English language, I was not very comfortable or confident with it. My thinking language all the years earlier had been kannada. So for some reason, I can't figure out why, the dialogues in that movie - especially those highlighted lines had an impact on my mind. It was a young adolescent highly impressionable mind at that time.. It was a very long movie - over 3 hrs. I don't remember exactly how long, but I am sure it was over 3 hrs as we bought the movie and it was the first movie we had bought