On 9th September 2018 we had film screening of the two films in our department. First one was "Midnight's children " and second one was " The Reluctant Fundamentalist". Midnight's children is written by Salman Rushdie and directed by deepa mehta And The Reluctant Fundamentalist is written by Mohsin hamid and directed by Mira nair.
“Midnight's Children” one of the most commended novel by Salman Rushdie. It is a story of the rich, the poor and the mistaken.
The film opens in Kashmir as Saleem's maternal grandfather Aadam Aziz, who's a doctor The story centers on two boys born in bombay at midnight. which is the moment India demolish British rule. The story of Saleem Sinai, raised as the businessman's son, becomes a journey of self discovery for young Saleem. He gets to know Shiva, for whom he was swapped, because Shiva lives in his neighborhood. Shiva also starts appearing in Saleem's ghostly visitations by Midnight's Children, the group connected by the supernatural relationship of being born at the instant of India's independence, whom Saleem has the power to summon. Saleem is sent away to Karachi to live with his maternal aunt Emerald and her Army officer husband Zulfikar.
The three meet again as adults in the film's last act when Shiva, now a ruthless military commander, and Saleem, following six years of amnesia, become involved with the beautiful adult witch, Parvati against the background of Indira Gandhi's brutal emergency measures. Visually, the film include scenes of war, liberation, celebration, corruption, romance and mourning all beautifully captured.
# postcolonial point of view:
1. Magic realism
One such postcolonial writer is Salman Rushdie, who used magic realism in Midnight’s Children extensively. His fusion of fantasy and reality looks typically Indian because the characters strewn in present social and political disorder likewise own the power of epic heroes. As a novelist from a country with a colonial legacy, Rushdie is also concerned and involved with the concept of nation in his magic realist writing, which was motivated by (1) the necessity to cast away what Coleridge called the film of recent past’ familiarity through the use of tabulation and (2) the dilemma of presenting impossible events.
One such postcolonial writer is Salman Rushdie, who used magic realism in Midnight’s Children extensively. His fusion of fantasy and reality looks typically Indian because the characters strewn in present social and political disorder likewise own the power of epic heroes. As a novelist from a country with a colonial legacy, Rushdie is also concerned and involved with the concept of nation in his magic realist writing, which was motivated by (1) the necessity to cast away what Coleridge called the film of recent past’ familiarity through the use of tabulation and (2) the dilemma of presenting impossible events.
2. Hybridity
Hybridity is the mixture of two cultures , religious and races . It can be social , political, linguistic, religious etc. It not necessarily peaceful mixture.
The novel's social and cultural hybridization, illustrated through the multitude of differing characters. These cultural and religious division clearly highlighted through Saleem's relationship with Shiva and Parvati. Saleem's relationship with Shiva remains complicated because of the nature of their birth and religion. And from those characters we can say that religious and cultural Hybridity present in India. These three names are also connected with Hindu mythology.
1. Parvati
2. Shiva
3. Saleem
Some bollywood movies like " Amar Akbar Anthony " ," Gadar ek prem katha " are shows the theme of Hybridity .
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