M Knight Shyamalan is making his latest movie named GLASS - a sequel to his UNBREAKABLE he made several years ago. Known as one movie wonder after his movie THE SIXTH SENSE grossed over $600 million worldwide catapulting him into instant fame, the rest of which followed did not live upto the expectations of his fans and critics. His first movie set the bar too high, though his following makes SIGNS and THE VILLAGE did well in the box office.
Born in Pondycherry India Shyamalan was a toddler when his father decided to emigrate to America. An exceptionally talented film maker, he has his eerie visuals with creepy sounds in store for the unsuspecting audience, blending them into perfection like the blends of rarest Whiskies concocting Johny Walker Blue Label Scotch - presenting the scenes in a natural yet thrilling way, presenting the cocktail to perfection.
Interestingly he isn't a typical Hollywood brat, for he shot most of the scenes of his movie in and around Philadelphia, his hometown. A typical feature from his movies - like Subhas Ghai of Bollywood fame, he choses a small but symbolic role for himself. His out of box imagination and out of the world (Signs) and out of the body (Sixth Sense) experience are enough to keep his audience spellbound.
The scenes of the little boy in SIXTH SENSE who could see dead people whizzing past him prevented many from visiting bathroom in the middle of night at that time, including me. In another scene in a cemetery, the boy says hi to an woman standing in the crowd. She smiles back at the boy only to vanish into the thin air the next moment. Simple yet profound but scaringly eerie - the trade mark of M Night Shyamalan.
Thw man has carved his niche. One of the success stories of Indian immigrants in US, hope his latest venture GLASS stays unbreakable breaking his previous records. Good luck prodigy, you are an icon for generations to come.
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