Pink: MATRU KI BIJLEE KA MANDOLA

Gulabo — a pink buffalo that can “fly” and is visible to only Pankaj Kapoor’s Mandola — remains the most memorable bit of this forgettable film. We loved it when Gulabo, in all her hue, leisurely chewed on some cud and then smiled.

Special mention: The band of girls — Kristen Wiig to Melissa McCarthy, all in little pink dresses, in the Bridesmaids poster.

BLUE: SAAWARIYA

Question: What’s a boring blue film called? Answer: Saawariya.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s convoluted love story that marked the debuts of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor was marked by a single hue: blue. The film looked beautiful, but left us feeling blue.

Special mention: Avatar (Na’vi to Pandora — it was all blue!)

GREEN: THE MATRIX

All the Matrix films are bathed in green. But why green? Well, that’s what characters on computer screens used to be before the advent of Windows. In the Matrix films, green becomes a leitmotif — evil becomes associated with green and so does indulgence.

yellow: Dilwale dulhania le jayenge

Simran melting into Raj’s embrace against the backdrop of the bright yellow mustard fields of Punjab remains an indelible image from this iconic film that redefined Bollywood romance. Special mention: Uma Thurman in that body-hugging yellow number in Kill Bill.

 

 

red:djangounchained

Blood, in a way, has become a theme for Quentin Tarantino’s films. In Django Unchained, red becomes more than just the colour of the blood that’s spilled without discrimination. It symbolises defiance against white supremacy and also becomes a visual motif, especially in the scene where blood is sprayed on a cotton field.

orange:a clockwork orange

Orange is the dominant colour — in name, poster and theme — of this 1971 Stanley Kubrick classic. Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is both protagonist and antagonist and is the clockwork orange, meaning the “unusual/ mechanical” man. Like Anthony Burgess’s novella of the same name, Kubrick uses a lot of orange in the film, with the publicity material wholly drawn out in orange.

black:THEGODFATHER

When you think of black, think The Godfather. Francis Ford Coppola’s classic mafia franchise thrives on black: from Vito Corleone’s suit to the dark recesses of his chamber to the mind and mechanics of the characters that populate one of the greatest films ever made.