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With a story line reminiscent of the
glorious movies that talk about twins who are estranged and seek to
reunite with each other, KA is based on an ancient Egyptian concept –
Ka (spiritual replication). Sure as eggs, fantasy doesn’t seem to hold
any boundaries in Egyptian folklore.
Retaining all the signature elements of
Cirque du Soleil, the story unfolds in a world of adventure and magic,
something that has always captivated me. And with a hybrid design of
both Mad Max and Miyazaki, Ka will enthrall and excite you like never
before.
In a journey of a lifetime, the twins
set out to explore the duality of life and the frissons that come as
an integral element. With an eclectic travel companionship in the form
of a court jester and a nanny, the twins weather every storm, surpass
every hurdle and overcome every challenge for a date with destiny.
Dramatization is at its best, with archers, spearmen and every other
potent foe existent in the age of kings playing their part to destroy
the twins and their purpose.
Reality takes wings with perfectly
accentuated landscapes and stunning lights that add to the austere
feel of the drama. Ka couldn’t have got a better start with platforms
rising from an abyss and transforming into a virtual stage for the
‘journey of the twins’. Weird creatures and sea animals sashay on the
screen, some playful and others confused about their existence.
The twins, unimaginably acrobatic, are
on death’s edge, symbolized appropriately by the ‘wheel of death’.
They battle their foes, come to terms with the reality of life,
experience love and play the ‘good’, on higher planes – dancing
perilously on tree stumps and evading the devil’s deathly arrows with
dexterity. And the martyrs meet their end, gracefully descending into
the abyss. The final battle of the ‘good’ and the ‘evil’, as always,
is the triumph of the human spirit over the forces that work to defeat
it. The dream lasts till the drapes come down!! |
