Movie Review - The Reluctant Fundamentalist directed by Mira Niar

Movie review : “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar

   

Movie review : “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar

 This blog is a part of my classroom activity of Post colonial   studies. 

Here is the blog of a given task: Click Here

“ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar, and screen play written by William Wheeler.

The movie based on racism and The American dream of the young man Changez Khan, he is Muslim and his dream is to be a good reluctant fundamentalist in New York. Starting of the movie is very good with Urdu Kavvali. The meaning of fundamentalism used in two way first as business and other is terrorism . He tell whole story through one interview by Boby Lincon. This movie present the incident of 9/11. In bollywood “New York” movie also made on the same subject but not that much good . 

Changez was did very hard work , but the company get only profit from him. At the end people and his colleges also look at him as a “ Pakistani”. He was frustrated because without mistake polish arrest him, once on airport polish necked him and checked him because he was Muslim. He had relation with Erica and once he talked about marriage at that time she suddenly asked him that,

“ Would I have to wear burkha"?

It’s suggest the mentality of American women towards the Muslim’s women. And after the attack of 9/11 the whole life of the Changez was change. He still love America but their people hate him, and Islam and loved only their nation. After 9/11 he started keeping beard, before he was a clian shaved and that’s why people look at him as a terrorist though he not. He left America and lived in Lahore and worked as professor in college. He felt like “ Other”. He was marginalized there. He can’t fulfilled his dream. 

The lyrics of all songs are very beautiful as well as effectively present with particular scene, so we feel it very well. This movie is worth to watch , it’s present colonial human mind and racism and “ Islamophobia”.

                    

                                “ Here me out, o lord”

Muslims are regarded as people who can never successfully assimilate into western societies, or who are culturally conditioned to be violent, ideas that dominated the media coverage of Islam after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States on 11 September 2001. ( Colonialism/ Post colonialism by Ania Loomba )

Market fundamentalism destroys more human lives than any other simply because it cuts across all national, cultural, geographic, religious and other boundaries. And globalization is just another name for submission and domination. ( Colonialism/ Post colonialism by Ania Loomba )

                                                                                      Thanks.

Movie Review - Midnight's children by Deepa Mehta

Movie review – “ Midnight’s children” directed by Deepa Mehta

This blog is part of my classroom activity of postcolonial studies, Here is the blog of a given task :

Click Here

Post- colonialism ( or often post colonialism deals with the effects of colonization on cultures and societies. As originally used by historians after the second World War in terms such as the post colonial state, ‘ post colonial’ had a clearly chronological meaning , designating the post independent period. However , from the late 1970s the term has been used by literary critics to discuss the various cultural effects of colonization. ( Post – colonial Studies , The key concepts by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin )

“ Midnight’s children” film is based on the famous novel by the Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie. The film is directed by Deepa Mehta and screenplay by Salman Rushdie. This novel written in 1981 and the film made in 2012. Well known actors played a role like Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher and many others.

This film deals with the historical events like Emergency, partition of India, Birth of Bangladesh etc which reflects the term Historiography Metafiction. Before freedom British government ruled over India and after freedom some of the powerful person got the power and they ruled their own people. 

Plot of the movie is not easy to understand because it is very complicated. The story is about the two boys named Saleem and Shiva both are born the exact time 12 o’clock midnight of 14 th August of Independent of India . Both are symbolically represents as two nation like both nation born India and Pakistan. Many other children also born at same time and they all born with special powers. Salim had good telepathy power. But the Christian nurse Marry swapped both the children because her lover and she try that “ Poor be rich and rich be poor”, Nehru’ s idea. The death of Joe suggests the fall of Christianity in india. So the identity crises we find,

“ I had many families and I had no family”

“ I, orphaned survived”

In the film we find that how Vanita exploited by white person, because man are superior and women are inferior , patriarchy we find. In school also saleem humiliated by white teacher. During the establishment of Bangladesh only Saleem was survive at that time one Bangladeshi polish said that change your identity for survive.

Magic realism used well in the movie. It’s shoes that how at that time and still India belived in Black magic and like Abrakadabra. Parvati used well when she saved saleem in one basket. Then other midnight children also used magic. So it’s good treatment used by Rushdie that historical truth used with some magic. This movie shows important event of 1919 to 1977. Like 1605 ‘s war, 1701 Bangladesh war, Emergency time, etc.

Symbols : 1) image of “ Mother India”

                 2) mirror

                 3) Spittoon – memory lose

At the end of the movie Hindu , Muslim and Christian three identity present , so it’s deeply shows that we don’t know who we are? And from which community or from where ? from which religious? Salman Rushdie is not very good film writer that’s why it is not that much good.

                                                                                     Thanks.

Talk with Gujrati Writer Dr. Mahendrasinh Parmar on short story - Polytechnic

 here for reading original stories from Gujrati app :-       

        

      On the 15^th September 2017, Department of English, MK Bhavnagar University  organized  one good  session with the Gujarati Short stories writer Dr. Prof. Mehendrasinh Parmar, he is head of the Department of Gujarati, MK Bhavnagar University.

       

        He came last year in sem – 1 also , at that time he talked on his short story “ Intellectual   Indubhai”.  This time he talked on three  stories written by him,

1)      Polytechnic

2)      Have kai polytechnic

3    3)     Udancharakhakladi

          When he started his talked at that time first he talked that how many troubles came during the publication of these stories. Because some editors likes and some don’t like. Because the subject of this story is very trivial like suchalau ( Toilet) Thee stories wrote in 2002 and so all stories written before 15 years, which are published in “ Sabadsrusti” of Gujrat shahitya Akadami.  Movie ‘ Toilet ek Premkatha’  came on  2017 and one Gujrati film “ Pay and use” also came. When we read these stories at that time we realized that how many things are same . But  when I read the original stories at  that time I enjoyed a lot, I felt esthetic delight, because how beautifully he wrote these.  very beautifully he describe the some area of Bhavnagar like AV School, Gadechi Vadla, Panvadi etc. He  wrote this problem in comic way but in deep we find the reality and bitter truth of our society.  He wrote well on that social problem. It is more related to the “ Swachata Abhiyan” .This story like “ Art for Life sake”.  This is the real canon of literature it’s challenge by new way of writing.  His stories at one level connect with the term comedy of menace. We can say that these story came in post modernism also.

 So, I am very thankful to Dr. Prof. Dilip Barad that he provide such a wonderful opportunity and thanks Mahendra sir to give a such a fruitful knowledge. 

Post viewing Task of The Birthday Party

Respected Sir, 

Link of this task,

Here is my response to the given post – viewing Tasks of The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

1 )Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?

Ans – As per my understending,  two scenes of Lulu are omitting in the play because Pinter try to highlighted the situation of women. That how Lulu abused by men and she became the victim. Othervise we can't say something other because the writer not clearly justify or portreyed  his intention of this charecter.

2 ) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text?

Ans – Still i not read the orignal text of the play, but movie is successful in creating the effects or the felling of menace.  When we screening the play at that time time and again this effects creat through voice of knocking the door, heatch of the door, tearing the paper , sound of water, airoplan, certain , vassals , sound of drume , brithing and camera's movement. Even through pause and silense of the diloghue also very important.

3) Do you feel the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie? Where you able to feel the same while reading the text

Ans – while watching movie i felt  lurking danger when Goldberg and Mccan dilogued with stenley, and some time the behaviouer of stenly also creat lurking danger. And techincal variation like sound  and camera work also helped to creat this in movie.

4) What do you read in 'newspaper' in the movie? Petey is reading newspaper to Meg, it torn into pieces by McCain, pieces are hidden by Petey in last scene.

Ans -  Newspaper -  use as a non verbal devic in movie very effectivly. In the movie two charecters used well. First the charecter of Petey- he allways busy with reading newspaper , and it's symbolicaly represents two way, first he try to hide himself through newspaper. Means he don't want to take interast in real situation. Second is it's shows that he was very responsibal person of the socity, he try to be come more aware of the world and he knows everything which is made in and around him, but his wife not know anything . On the other side the charecter of Mccann used newspaper  to creat the detective atmospher and for frightend the Stanley , though it is trivel.

5) Camera is positioned over the head of McCain when he is playing Blind Man's Buff and is positioned at the top with a view of room like a cage (trap) when Stanley is playing it. What interpretations can you give to these positioning of camera? 

Ans – Through the positioning of camera over the head of Mccain when he is playing Blind Man's Buff and camera positioned at the top with a view of room like cage it's symobolicaly represent that we are blind and live in a cage means in four walls and they first proof and thay play. It is highly satier on human and society.

6) "Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of one another and pretense crumbles." (Pinter, Art, Truth & Politics: Excerpts from the 2005 Nobel Lecture). Does this happen in the movie?

Ans – Yes , it is very well shown in play, that each and every one give mercy to one another but it just pretense, at last no one help no body . All busy in their own world.

7)  How does viewing movie help in better understanding of the play ‘The Birthday Party’ with its typical characteristics (like painteresque, pause, silence, menace, lurking danger)?

Ans – Yes, movie helps a lot to understand this play, through the sound , camera movement and other techniques . We feel the situation of the play and dilogues are also very good preformed with the pause and silence.

8) With which of the following observations you agree:

o   “It probably wasn't possible to make a satisfactory film of "The Birthday Party."

o    “It's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin”[3]. (Ebert)

Ans – I watched only this one movie so i can't say  anything about other movie or play. But this movie i liked . And it is well directed also.

9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?

Ans -  No, i don't want to chang anything in the movie. Because in this movie director use well techniques and made it very well. 

10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?

Ans – McCann- Irfan Khan

           Stanley – Nawaszuddin Siddki

           Goldburg- Anupam Kher

           Petey – Paresh Rawal

           Lulu- Kangna  Ranaut

           Meg- Tabu

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thanks.

Young India New India - Webcast

Respected sir,

                                           Young India New India 

                           

   9/11 is very important date , because many important events took place on that day in the history and all are recorded very well.

On this 9 September 2017, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing students convention at Vigyan Bhawan to mark the 125 years of Swami Vivekanand's address at the world Parliament of Religions in Chicago and the centenary celebrations of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

NSS unit of MK Bhavnagar University organizes live web cast of Prime minister's speech at Department of English. It was such a inspirational speech and messages given by prime minister to young generation, that ' Toilets First Temples Later'. He urging people to keep their surroundings clean. He said to youngsters that work for modern India as well as he gave the important of women respect, he said that No right to clap on Vivekananda's speech if disrespectful to Women. The prime minister also asked colleges to hold cultural events to celebrate other states, like Tamil day in Haryana college or Kerala day in Punjab college to strengthen the spirit of ' Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat'. He also said that university campus is the best place to learn more and do something. He said during his speech that we try to think out of the box, he gave the example also about – Kupmandook. Vivekanand also said that in young age work hard , don't be rebellious only or follow blindly any one, but try to search truth not guru. Prime minister also said that during vivekanand's time he also criticizes India for better future.

So i learned so many valuable things from this web cast. Good experienced.

Thanks.

Movie review of Rang De Basanti

15 August, 2017

This Independence Day film screening committee organized the film screening of Rang De Basanti , at department of English, MKBU. This movie directed by Rakeysh Om Prakash Mahra, film released in 2006 . In Indian freedom struggle had two faces , that violence and non violence. In this movie violence are there, they not followed “ Ahimsa”. The moral of the story is “Charity begens first at your home”. This movie talks about the struggle of foredoom fighter likes Chandrshekhar Azad , Sahid Bhagatsingh, Bismil, Khan and Durgadevi, as well as movie talks about many things related to the contemporary time of society also.

All the actors played very vital role. We can study this movie through various literary dimensions or theories, for example post colonial theory. Movie start with symbolically representation of Linin Book, it’s suggest Bhagatsing as a Marxist. Naksus of politics also there. Making of Documentary is very well present and how beautifully movie made. Technically this movie is very good. Background shows through the documentary that documents are required . This movie present custodian of culture. Camera work also very good, very well express outsider point of view through camera. Flashback technique use very well.

During watching this film we find that how the concept of “ All my sons” by Arthur Millar is also connected .This movie very well present the power of youth. Good satire on Political world . it is Really very good movie, I learned so many things from the movie and enjoyed a lot.

“Koi bhi desh perfect nahi hota ese perfect banana padta hai, jo hota hai use bardas karo ya zimedari uthav or badlav karo”.

Breath by Samuel Beckett

  Link of this task :-

  Respected sir,

  Here is my interpretation of the play “ Breath”

           Breath is notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett.  It is a 30 or 32 seconds play. So the interpretation of this play is little bit hard . Many plays made on this subject under the title of Breath. It is post modernism art, it’s  shows the effect of world war two, suffering of humans and etc.

           Breath the title itself suggest that it’s about human life, because ultimately breath is a journey from life to death. After watching various video of this play I found various interesting things which directly connected with our life. So in the video of modern interpretation we can find that how the symbolically various prop use like toys – for childhood, then working or monotonous life, then spectacle – for old age, so it’s shows human journey and at the end garbage, so it’s present the death. And try to present some important aspect about life that what is the purpose of life, why we are here? Waiting for death also we can say.

           In Damien Hirst’s video we find and feel the inhalation and exhalation of human’s breath, and the child’s crying, and swastic it is directly connected with politics and Hitlar, and garbage. So it is about nothingness of life. Life is nothing but waste. It’s talked about death. So we can say  that our life is  meaningless like a garbage. Absurdity of life, and try to ask the question on human Existentialism.

        So we can interpret on this way also that we always west our life or time on rubbish things, and like garbage we come on Earth , just live and die.

        In most of the videos many things use same way as symbols like, darkness use it’s symbolically represents nothingness, child crying, light for hope, day to day’s  things like fruits and medical garbage, human breath, day and night for routine life etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Thanks.