Final Essay
Any particular cinema give insight to a societies’ culture and values. According to Vijay Mishra, on Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire, “in which different kinds of desire—particularly patriotic desires—are evoked through the melodramatic, realistic or fantastic conventions of pleasure” (2002). He defines Bollywood as a fantasy and realistic adventure. I will analyze two Bollywood movies by tackling the issue of inequality. They are Lagaan which depicts the discrimination between the British rulers and the Indian people. Bombay Is the second film that has a conflict between the religions of Muslim and Hindu.
Firstly, Lagaan presents a heartwarming story of a struggling Indian society who come together to fight for their survival. …show more content…
It is forbidden in Hindu religion to eat meat however. If he did not obey, Captain Russel would double the Lagaan. The leader was in a tight position because his job was to protect his people and respect his religion at the same time. There was nothing more he could have done. Even in the beginning of the film, we are introduced with a scene of Bhuvan saving a deer, which the British are trying to kill for food. Bhuvan is later given a warning the next he interferes with their plans. He follows his religion and his powerful stance is shown directly at the …show more content…
People setting examples of killing others for no justifiable reason. How are people supposed to understand all these terrifying situations? All these questions where posed in a scene that I find was the most powerful one in the film. The children were separated from their parents because of the wars. Eventually they were brought in by a shaman looking figure. The children were unable to eat when he proposed food for them. As a result, one of the child asked a question to him saying “What is a Muslim or a Hindu? The Shaman had difficulty answering them responded: “I am in no place to answer that question”. The children looked traumatized when asking that question, they couldn’t understand the concept of people murdering each other because of religion. The Shaman figure is actually a hermaphrodite. The fact that he’s quote about being the wrong person to explain the situation sends a powerful message. in that person’s religion, hermaphrodites are forbidden. In consequence, the world is filled with differences even within a same community. The world is looking to continue to build from these wars and create a better future for the next
Any particular cinema give insight to a societies’ culture and values. According to Vijay Mishra, on Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire, “in which different kinds of desire—particularly patriotic desires—are evoked through the melodramatic, realistic or fantastic conventions of pleasure” (2002). He defines Bollywood as a fantasy and realistic adventure. I will analyze two Bollywood movies by tackling the issue of inequality. They are Lagaan which depicts the discrimination between the British rulers and the Indian people. Bombay Is the second film that has a conflict between the religions of Muslim and Hindu.
Firstly, Lagaan presents a heartwarming story of a struggling Indian society who come together to fight for their survival. …show more content…
It is forbidden in Hindu religion to eat meat however. If he did not obey, Captain Russel would double the Lagaan. The leader was in a tight position because his job was to protect his people and respect his religion at the same time. There was nothing more he could have done. Even in the beginning of the film, we are introduced with a scene of Bhuvan saving a deer, which the British are trying to kill for food. Bhuvan is later given a warning the next he interferes with their plans. He follows his religion and his powerful stance is shown directly at the …show more content…
People setting examples of killing others for no justifiable reason. How are people supposed to understand all these terrifying situations? All these questions where posed in a scene that I find was the most powerful one in the film. The children were separated from their parents because of the wars. Eventually they were brought in by a shaman looking figure. The children were unable to eat when he proposed food for them. As a result, one of the child asked a question to him saying “What is a Muslim or a Hindu? The Shaman had difficulty answering them responded: “I am in no place to answer that question”. The children looked traumatized when asking that question, they couldn’t understand the concept of people murdering each other because of religion. The Shaman figure is actually a hermaphrodite. The fact that he’s quote about being the wrong person to explain the situation sends a powerful message. in that person’s religion, hermaphrodites are forbidden. In consequence, the world is filled with differences even within a same community. The world is looking to continue to build from these wars and create a better future for the next