Mira Nair

Monsoon Wedding An average and modern family, not rich, but also not poor is the movie Monsoon Wedding about. They live in a huge city, but on the outside of the city. Monsoon Wedding is a dramatic comedy from 2001, directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan. Aditi Verma is the main character, played by Vasundhara Das, and the other actors also have their own story in the film. The central story is about a preparing for a chaotic and expensive arranged wedding where the bride has a…

Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani Novelist and story writer born in 1971 in Lahore. His father was a university professor in the United States of America. He stayed at united states from the age of 3 until 9 and then moved back to Pakistan. He then returned to the USA and graduated from Princeton university in 1993. He also studied law, but didn't practice law, instead he started writing. He wrote three novels and a book containing short stories. His first novel was ''Moth Smoke'' that was published…

Conflicts between nations, discrimination based on race, violation of rights of immigrants are endless problems of the world. Even in democratic countries, as the United Stated of America, people cannot refer to persons of other race as to equal ones. A film named “The reluctant fundamentalist” is about the society of freedom, American society, but from its egoistic and intolerant side. In the center of the story, a young Pakistani man, who works on Wall Street is shown, and whose attitude to…

Marriage. Kinship is the blood relationship between people. Marriage is the union between man and women as partners in a relationship. The two films that were assigned are “Life, Above All”, directed by Oliver Schmitz and “Monsoon Wedding,” directed by Mira Nair. Both films tied into this week’s topics and also had similarities between them. To start off, the first film “Life, Above All” tells the story of a South African girl named Chanda. Chanda is a very smart girl and pretty outspoken.…

Every analyzed version of The Namesake seems to be confined within the boundaries of identity crisis and cross-cultural differences, The Namesake as novel always tend to find the namesake in the character of Gogol. But the thread of namesake also connects other characters in the novel that truly stand out as what the meaning of their name stands for. Talking of the namesakes of the names in the story I would specifically like to draw the attention to the character of Ashima - the wife of Prof.…

The reconstruction of the voice of immigrants along with other associated dynamics the psyche of expatriation has been a subject of serious speculations of the women writers. This paper analyses the growth of diaspora literature from a state of alienation to acculturation with a specific focus at the socio-psychological dynamics of cultural disparities constituting the dimensions of diaspora literature with reference to Jhumpa lahiri’s The Namesake. Key words: Socio-Psychological, Cultural…

Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are, and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth. The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri first novel, written in September 2003 and later directed into a film by Mira Nair in the year 2006 develops her concept of loneliness. The Namesake is a great book, which accurately highlights characters transformation as a result of indisputable loneliness. The theme is depicted in many ways throughout the movie and the novel. Loneliness is an important…

The term “film festival” may mean different things to different people. Film buffs look at it as an opportunity to watch thrilling new films from all over the world before general release or even film that will never be released. Filmmakers see film festivals as opportunities to display their work and gain acknowledgement to international audiences as well as to connect with other filmmakers. Film producers, distributors and investors use film festivals as a platform to network, educate…

Political Theory Term Paper “Islamophobia in Movies” Submitted to: Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Department of International Relations By: Aditya Prakash Arya (M.A International Relations) South Asian University Introduction Phobia, as Oxford dictionary defines it, is an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. Being phobic just adds to negativity towards a particular thing or a group. It is just the ignorance that leads a person to remain phobic and…