Set against the historical backdrop of Tanjore, this evocative's family-oriented drama delves into the struggle and sacrifice in the life of Shambu, a dedicated young man. Much to the anxiety of his parents and respect of everyone in the community, Shambu, whose beloved wife passed away several years ago, continues to lead a life of an ascetic, pining for her in such a worshipful and all consuming manner, that he forgets everything else in his life, including his profession of being a sculptor working in the renovation and restoration of temples.
When he is forced by his father to travel to Kerala to take up the restoration of a temple that was stopped midway, Shambu travels there reluctantly and starts the work. Will the new place and the new people in his life, bring new opportunities to heal, providing him with a second chance at love and happiness?
Rajashilpi is clearly a re-telling of the legend about lord Shiva. The plot of the story is constructed in a way that the events in the legend repeats itself in a new setting with different characters but with the same spiritual auras of the main persons, especially Siva and Sati. Viewers, who would be anxious to know more about the Uma is disappointed in the initial place because the incidents of Uma’s life with Sambhu is not shown in the film in a form of flashback or something. Instead the first image of Durga is maintained throughout the film which helps the viewers to swallow the idea of Durga as the re-incarnated Uma. It is also interesting to note that only after Durga comes to aware of her re-incarnated life as Uma that she is able to fall in love with Sambhu. In all of the other time her seductive tactics all went vain. The death of Durga’s father is shown very differently in the film. It is as if the Shiva is doing his Thandava, the dance of Siva out of his rage that symbolizes destruction of this universe-life of cause and effect.
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