Lucia is a 2013 Kannada Language Psychological thriller film written co-edited and directed by Pawan Kumar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_(film)
Lucia was released in 2013 but refused to die down over years ; with each passing year the non - linear narrative of the movie is AGAIN AND AGAIN consumed by the PUBLIC.
By the way the director Pawan Kumar is a software engineer and when he did not have funds to produce the movie he created a social awareness about the idea of the movie and collected funds from the public to produce the movie.
Lucia is produced by the people of Karnataka.
I was not sure about writing a post about this movie until the time i could grasp the PLOT and understood the narrative precisely.
The movie will put anyone into thinking mode and use their brain ; definitely not for the audience who love Radhe or Roohi at any cost.
LUCIA is a DREAM PILL which has the capacity to help one DREAM THE LIFE THEY WANT.
The film tells 2 stories of the same person in parallel. One is played out in the dream and the other one is the real character. One of the story is in COLOUR and the other story is in BLACK AND WHITE.
One story is about a man by name Nikki. Nikki is an ordinary common man who works as a Torch Shiner in a Movie Theater in Bengaluru ; Nikki consumes the dream pill called "Lucia" which takes him to the dream land and in his dream version Nikki is a famous Kannada Film Actor by name Nikhil.
Nikki is the REALITY and Nikhil is the Illusion.
Another story is about a famous movie actor by name Nikhil who also consumes the dream pill called "Lucia" which takes him to a dream land and in his dream version he lives the life of an ordinary man by name Nikki who works as a Torch Shiner in a movie Theater in Bengaluru.
Nikhil is the REALITY and Nikki is the Illusion.
The suspense thriller puts the audience into thinking mode. Until the end it is difficult to figure out which one of the ROLE is the REALITY and which one of the ROLE is the ILLUSION.
The hero's journey of being stuck between 2 ROLE'S while FIGURING himself out was beautifully depicted.
At the end the hero comes to terms with REALITY.
Nikki (Ordinary Man) is the ILLUSION and Nikhil (Actor) is the REALITY.
The best part of the movie is that ILLUSION was presented in COLOUR (physical) and the REALITY was presented in BLACK AND WHITE (Delusional).
Lucia is Path-Breaking !
The movie is about the idea of a person WHO HAD IT ALL but still wasn't HAPPY depicts the problem of many people today.
Lets break the ICE and understand what is ILLUSION and what is REALITY.
You can be happy only when you play the REAL ROLE.
Trailer
The movie opens with a few philosophical verses of one of the popular Dasa Keerthanam written by a Kannada Saint by name Kanaka Dasa.
The Dasa Keerthanam goes like this :
ನೀ ಮಾಯೆಯೊಳಗೊ ನಿನ್ನೊಳು ಮಾಯೆಯೊ
ನೀ ದೇಹದೊಳಗೊ ನಿನ್ನೊಳು ದೇಹವೊ||
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯದೊಳಗೊ ಆಲಯವು ಬಯಲೊಳಗೊ
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯವೆರಡು ನಯನದೊಳಗೊ
ನಯನ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯೊಳಗೊ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ನಯನದೊಳಗೊ
ನಯನ ಬುದ್ಧಿಗಳೆರಡು ನಿನ್ನೊಳಗೊ ಹರಿಯೆ || 1 ||
ಸವಿಯು ಸಕ್ಕರೆಯೊಳಗೊ ಸಕ್ಕರೆಯು ಸವಿಯೊಳಗೊ
ಸವಿಯು ಸಕ್ಕರೆಗಳೆರಡು ಜಿಹ್ವೆಯೊಳಗೊ
ಜಿಹ್ವೆ ಮನಸಿನೊಳಗೊ ಮನಸು ಜಿಹ್ವೆಯೊಳಗೊ
ಜಿಹ್ವೆ ಮನಸುಗಳೆರಡು ನಿನ್ನೊಳಗೊ ಹರಿಯೆ || 2 ||
ಕುಸುಮದೊಳು ಗಂಧವೊ ಗಂಧದೊಳು ಕುಸುಮವೊ
ಕುಸುಮ ಗಂಧಗಳೆರಡು ಆಘ್ರಾಣದೊಳಗೊ
ಅಸಮಭವ ಕಾಗಿನೆಲೆಯಾದಿಕೇಶವರಾಯ
ಉಸುರಲೆನ್ನಳವಲ್ಲ ಎಲ್ಲ ನಿನ್ನೊಳಗೊ ಹರಿಯೆ || 3 ||
Translation ;
Are you a creature of Illusion or Illusion your creation ?
Are you a part of the body or body is a part of you ?
Is space within house or house within space ?
Is mind within eye or eye within Mind ?
Does sweetness lie in Sugar or Sugar lies in sweetness ?
Is the tongue within mind or mind within Tongue ?
Does fragrance lie in flower or flower in Fragrance ?
The particular Dasa Keerthanam has put all the elements together in one place :
Black Holes ; Infinity ; Space Time ; Big - Bang ; Theory of Relativity.
Original Dasa Keerthanam !
First few verses of the song from the movie is borrowed from the above Dasa keerthanam.
The whole movie revolves around this essence - Are you a creature of Illusion or Illusion your creation ?
How is this applicable to REAL LIFE and what LESSONS we could learn from the movie?
Lets take a simple example.
I have spent 15+ years of my career in the field of Data Science and my ROLE was to help client uplift their ROI from x% to y%.
In the corporate world -
Many people buy into the Illusion that "It is a PARTICULAR ROLE that can bring you REPUTATION AND STATUS in the organization" and eventually they start stealing others Billable Hours and Role thereby putting the REAL PEOPLE who are suppose to perform that ROLE on bench.
Have you heard of these Illusionary statements :
"I have offered her a GREAT ROLE PLAY - THE ROLE OF A DATA SCIENTIST BUT SHE REJECTED IT MAKING IT CLEAR THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO ESTABLISH HERSELF".
Reality is that ;
"A JOB ROLE DOES NOT ESTABLISH YOU.....
IT IS YOU WHO ESTABLISH A ROLE BY ADDING VALUE TO IT AND THE VALUE ADDITION COMES FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION YOU CARRY WITH YOU".
So stop stealing other's hard earned ROLE PLAY'S and THEIR BILLABLE HOURS.
People who live in Illusion after sitting on staff augmentation for 15 years will DREAM that the ROLE OF A LEADER - ANALYTICS is going to uplift them.
THIS IS A JOKE ! YOU ARE ALREADY IN ILLUSION AND YOU DONT NEED A LUCIA PILL.
It will take time for such people to come to TERMS WITH REALITY.
In my case since iam not living in ILLUSION definitely i would need A LUCIA PILL to play another person's role of data scientist.
It is like asking a HR Manager who has spent all his life in TRAINING to spend the rest of the life in RECRUITMENT.
CAUTION :
ILLUSION IS LIKE A DREAM PILL.
ITS LIKE A JUNKIE WHO LOVES HEROINE.
LETS BE REAL !
Have you consumed LUCIA ?
Or LUCIA has consumed you?
Watch the film to know what it means !
Its been 8 years after the release of this movie but the people of Karnataka are consuming the movie AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I could not stop myself from posting a REVIEW.
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