DesiPundit

In one of the humongous efforts in analyzing a movie on blogosphere, Srikanth concludes his 20 part analysis of Hey Ram (2000):

Movies that last a lifetime are the ones that are rooted in the culture of its country of origin, but deal with themes that are contemporary and universal at the same time. By culture, I not only mean traditions and practices of the country but also its inescapable history, politics, its figures, its events and the social impact of those.  A prime example would be Florian Donnersmarck’s Das Leben Der Anderen (2006) (aka The Lives of Others), a film that firmly had a foot in political chaos of the post war Germany, its political ideologies and restrictions imposed due to the same, but spoke about the universal concept of art and humanity. Not over a handful of movies have come out from our country that handles these issues with solemnity. One such film, Kamal Haasan’s Hey Ram is arguably the best Indian film of all time.

Hey Ram!!! [Hat Tip: Karthik]