What is Post-Colonialism.? Post-colonialism means time after colonialism. Post-colonialism is study of
culture after the physical and political withdrawal of an oppressive power.
Post colonialism rejects the dominance of western culture. It challenges
Western Knowledge system about East.
Now,
My respond of both film Midnight’s
Children and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. we can also say that both film
are related to the themes of postcolonial studies.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children one of the most much-admired
novel by Salman Rushdie. He is Diasporic writer. Who is an Indian-born British
essayist and fiction writer. He says about this topic ‘Midnight’s Children’-
Indian pessimism. He gives ideas of historical fact and magic realism in novel.
Midnight’s Children movie is luminously
directed by Deepa Mehta, this movie is also based on this novel. The movie is a
controversial , that has tragedy, romance and comedy . The movie has a dramatic
and mysterious touch that gets you an entire picture of Indian’s journey
through all its trials..
The
movie is highlighting the two lives of two individual born at the stroke of midnight when India achieved its
independence. This movie take through all the ages beginning from the
grandparents to the children. Born ,
poor become rich, rich become poor.
Changing of the children plays vital
role in changing plot of the movie. Saleem becomes Shiva and Shiva becomes
Saleem, and then movie turns around their lives. Son of rich becomes poor and
poor boy suddenly becomes rich. Which is fine example of class conflict in
India at that time.
Here
in the case of Saleem and shiva
I observed there is a crisis of
superiority , why it happened ? because one is by birth Muslim and one
his Hindu . as we know that it is the time of independence, and there
where so many geographical problems
takes place . yes it was the time of
partition . so on that base it clear .
In
movie the Characters of Parvati, Shiva and Saleem presents through magic realism. Magic Realism is also plays vital role in making movie believable. If this technique want used
then perhaps we Wont
believe in the story. Through magic realism all children brought together in
the movie, and it gives novelty to the movie and makes it more interesting.
Movie
is also political allegory, presenting dark side of partition, then the war
with Pakistan and Emergency. So it looks
like Rashdie as a outsider criticizing india. The scene of india in the
movie is of slum, poverty which looks defaming india. It looks towards
india like western people does.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is novel by Pakistan born writer Mohsin
Hamid. This movie is also based on this novel.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist movie
is brightly directed by Meera Nair Dir. The whole movie is talk about relations
between East and west. The story of the movie narrates in flashback by
Changez Khan. The story of the movie is
young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success .In this movie we can see that
how has to reality between in film and
Reluctant Fundamentalist in this film main theme.
In
this movie we can see the American political affairs and news about that he watch T.V in shows 9/11 in America
land the terrorist attacks to world trade center. That scene at all that
fundamentalism and film focus on Changez is also Pakistani everything. This
attack 9/11 makes him question all his value and he becomes a logical example
of anti-capitalist morals and principal.
After
the attack of terrorist in America we can see the how problem coming of Changez
khan life in New York. Here we can see the term of Orientalism by Edward said.
Orienatalism is a style of thought based an ontological and epistemological,
distinction made between Orient- the Eastern part of Asia and it is opposite to
occident. And movie also talk about the how western countries see the East
countries, in movie Character of Changez Khan is say about what is real fact
about the east countries. Also we can say that all Muslim are not terrorist,
but whenever capture any terrorist it’s Muslim. So our mind concept that all
Muslim are terrorist. After reading the term Orientalism our and also same part
of world’s people change the concept of mind his all Muslim are not terrorist
but they all are first human being.
He
goes back to his roots in Lahore , but he now different person, taking on a
different world. Now he become third person mixture of the Pakistani poet’s son
and the New York businessman. Now a professor , he spend same time in this tea
shop with his many faithful students. He
works as professor but American agents doubt them as terrorist. At the end of
the movie, American realize that Changez is innocent.
So
film challenges American theory of doubting muslim people. It gives voice to
this people.
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