Respected Sir,
As apart of education we try to understand every point of view of any text from different aspects. No matters it is film or book. So, when we watch movies based on books we can find more space for imagination and our horizon are more clear and better in that sense.
We watched two movies for academic purpose and after watching this two movies my horizon becomes more better for the term called 'Post - Colonial Studies'. For me Post Colonial Studies means something that is viewed by others point of view. Means some other people try to defined that what is belong to us and who are we. But after the lectures of Dr.Balaji Rangnathan Sir i came to know that Post Colonial Studies is not a negative term or rather it's holding both the things. Positive and Negative both. So,with the help of this both of things i can describe very well that what is Post Colonial Studies and how it is used in this both movies
(1) Midnight's Children
(2) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(1) Film Review of Midnight's Children :-
Midnight's Children is novel written by very renowned writer Salman Rushdie . And this movie under the same name Midnight's Children is made by Deepa Mehta. She an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, Most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).
Cast :-
Satya Bhabha as Saleem Sinai
Shriya Saran as Parvati
Siddharth Narayan as Shiva
Darsheel Safary as Saleem Sinai (as a child)
Ronit Roy as Ahmed Sinai
Soha Ali Khan as Jamila
Review:
This movie is covering whole story of the narrator Named Saleem Sinai. He is narrating his whole life through one story based on his memory. When we say based on memory that time we think that how authentic is this story ? Is this authentic or not? We don't have any proof that this story is real or not. In this movie one character Parvati is also trying Magic Realism in this movie. Now what we understand trough Magic Realism?. Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is literature, painting, and film that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, share in common an acceptance of magic in the rational world. It is also sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. Of the four terms, Magical realismis the most commonly used and refers to literature in particular that portrays magical or unreal elements as a natural part in an otherwise realistic or mundane environment. (Sources from Wikipedia).
We can say that this movie is a story of two persons first is Saleem and second is Shiva. This two names it self suggest that how religion plays vital role in Post Colonial Studies. That it self talks about two nations India and Pakistan. During the war when Saleem cam to India he says that "I'm back in to MY INDIA". It suggest its belonging here. He born in India when novel begins and he also comes back to India when novel ends.
What people expected from India when India
got freedom and what is the condition of India now is very well exemplified in this movie by Deepa Mehta.
(2) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) :-
Second movie is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) by Mira Nair. She is an Indian filmmaker and actress based in New York.She made films based on novels.
She also made one movie named The Namesake. This movie The Namesake is based on one novel written by Jhumpa Lahiri under the same title The Namesake (2004). This film is released in 2006. This film is also very good and she given appropriate justice to this film also.
If we talk about The Reluctant Fundamentalist this film is similar to the movie called New York (film) released in 2009. In New York movie hero's motif is to take revenge and here in this movie we can say that hero's motif is good to forgive everyone.
This movie is a story of one person named Changez Khan. This movie is based on the 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. This movie is based on Historical Event of 9/11. And The post-9/11 period is the time after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, characterized by heightened suspicion of non-Americans in the United States, increased government efforts to address terrorism, and a more aggressive American foreign policy.The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a post-9/11film, a movie about the impact on one man of the Al Qaida attacks and the American reaction to them.
Cast :-
Riz Ahmed as Changez Khan
Kate Hudson as Erica
Liev Schreiber as Bobby Lincoln
Kiefer Sutherland as Jim Cross
Om Puri as Abu, Changez's father
Shabana Azmi as Ammi, Changez's mother
Meesha Shafi as Bina Khan, Changez's sister
This movie is all about political controversy and 9/11 attack, idea of East and West, American dream of Changez. Professor of Pakistan University Changez and Bobby Lincoln played a vital role in the movie. Other characters of movie are Arica, an American girl, Boss of this company, Sameer, friend of Changez. American dream of Changez is the main incident in this movie. If we connect this incident with Post Colonial angle, we can see that how American’s behave with other country’s people. Slowly and steadily, Changez feels that it is not the real place for him. Firstly, he is very happy to get a job in an American company but then he realizes that whatever order is given by his boss is to be completed by him.
At the end we come to know that he is not killer or he is not terrorist . We have habit of seeing every Muslim as terrorist but it is not truth. Muslims are also human beings. This movie is trying to give message that every Muslims are not terrorists. As Shahrukh Khan says in his movie My Name Is Khan that, "My Name is Khan and i'm not Terrorist".
This movie is also try's to give this message that every Muslims are not terrorists.
Thank You .............
As apart of education we try to understand every point of view of any text from different aspects. No matters it is film or book. So, when we watch movies based on books we can find more space for imagination and our horizon are more clear and better in that sense.
We watched two movies for academic purpose and after watching this two movies my horizon becomes more better for the term called 'Post - Colonial Studies'. For me Post Colonial Studies means something that is viewed by others point of view. Means some other people try to defined that what is belong to us and who are we. But after the lectures of Dr.Balaji Rangnathan Sir i came to know that Post Colonial Studies is not a negative term or rather it's holding both the things. Positive and Negative both. So,with the help of this both of things i can describe very well that what is Post Colonial Studies and how it is used in this both movies
(1) Midnight's Children
(2) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(1) Film Review of Midnight's Children :-
Midnight's Children is novel written by very renowned writer Salman Rushdie . And this movie under the same name Midnight's Children is made by Deepa Mehta. She an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, Most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).
Cast :-
Satya Bhabha as Saleem Sinai
Shriya Saran as Parvati
Siddharth Narayan as Shiva
Darsheel Safary as Saleem Sinai (as a child)
Ronit Roy as Ahmed Sinai
Soha Ali Khan as Jamila
Review:
This movie is covering whole story of the narrator Named Saleem Sinai. He is narrating his whole life through one story based on his memory. When we say based on memory that time we think that how authentic is this story ? Is this authentic or not? We don't have any proof that this story is real or not. In this movie one character Parvati is also trying Magic Realism in this movie. Now what we understand trough Magic Realism?. Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is literature, painting, and film that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, share in common an acceptance of magic in the rational world. It is also sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. Of the four terms, Magical realismis the most commonly used and refers to literature in particular that portrays magical or unreal elements as a natural part in an otherwise realistic or mundane environment. (Sources from Wikipedia).
We can say that this movie is a story of two persons first is Saleem and second is Shiva. This two names it self suggest that how religion plays vital role in Post Colonial Studies. That it self talks about two nations India and Pakistan. During the war when Saleem cam to India he says that "I'm back in to MY INDIA". It suggest its belonging here. He born in India when novel begins and he also comes back to India when novel ends.
What people expected from India when India
got freedom and what is the condition of India now is very well exemplified in this movie by Deepa Mehta.
(2) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) :-
Second movie is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) by Mira Nair. She is an Indian filmmaker and actress based in New York.She made films based on novels.
She also made one movie named The Namesake. This movie The Namesake is based on one novel written by Jhumpa Lahiri under the same title The Namesake (2004). This film is released in 2006. This film is also very good and she given appropriate justice to this film also.
If we talk about The Reluctant Fundamentalist this film is similar to the movie called New York (film) released in 2009. In New York movie hero's motif is to take revenge and here in this movie we can say that hero's motif is good to forgive everyone.
This movie is a story of one person named Changez Khan. This movie is based on the 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. This movie is based on Historical Event of 9/11. And The post-9/11 period is the time after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, characterized by heightened suspicion of non-Americans in the United States, increased government efforts to address terrorism, and a more aggressive American foreign policy.The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a post-9/11film, a movie about the impact on one man of the Al Qaida attacks and the American reaction to them.
Cast :-
Riz Ahmed as Changez Khan
Kate Hudson as Erica
Liev Schreiber as Bobby Lincoln
Kiefer Sutherland as Jim Cross
Om Puri as Abu, Changez's father
Shabana Azmi as Ammi, Changez's mother
Meesha Shafi as Bina Khan, Changez's sister
This movie is all about political controversy and 9/11 attack, idea of East and West, American dream of Changez. Professor of Pakistan University Changez and Bobby Lincoln played a vital role in the movie. Other characters of movie are Arica, an American girl, Boss of this company, Sameer, friend of Changez. American dream of Changez is the main incident in this movie. If we connect this incident with Post Colonial angle, we can see that how American’s behave with other country’s people. Slowly and steadily, Changez feels that it is not the real place for him. Firstly, he is very happy to get a job in an American company but then he realizes that whatever order is given by his boss is to be completed by him.
At the end we come to know that he is not killer or he is not terrorist . We have habit of seeing every Muslim as terrorist but it is not truth. Muslims are also human beings. This movie is trying to give message that every Muslims are not terrorists. As Shahrukh Khan says in his movie My Name Is Khan that, "My Name is Khan and i'm not Terrorist".
This movie is also try's to give this message that every Muslims are not terrorists.
Thank You .............
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