Deepa Mehta Biography “Born in India in 1950, Mehta received a degree in philosophy from the University of New Delhi. After immigrating to Canada in 1973, she embarked on her professional cinematic career as a scriptwriter for children's films, and in 1991, she made her feature-film debut as a director and producer with Sam & Me.” (Nytimes.com,. 'Deepa Mehta - Biography - Movies & TV - Nytimes.Com'. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 Oct. 2015.) Filmography: “Beeba Boys (2015), Midnight's Children (2012), The
Indian-Canadian director Deepa Mehta 's film based on Salman Rushdie 's novel Midnight’s Children is a clear example of a post-colonial work. Midnight’s Children follows two children, both born at precisely midnight, on the exact day that India gained independence from Great Britain. Shiva is born to wealthy parents, while Saleem enters the world as the son of a beggar, but a nurse switches the two boys at birth. Throughout the film, the narrator, Saleem, explains both families’ histories, and in
In Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children,” Saleem Sinai clings to his silver spittoon inlaid with lapis lazuli (the spittoon given to his mother, Amina Sinai, by Rani of Cooch Naheen for her dowry) as a sort of personal talisman. The spittoon, responsible for his temporary memory loss (after hitting him in the head during an air raid), remains a symbol of his former life, a symbol he cherishes even when he is incapable of remembering what it means. The spittoon represents the former wholeness of
In the film produced by Deepa Mehta, Water, mainly focuses on the experiences of Hindu widows in India. I enjoyed the film and in which it was taken in a country whose culture is very foreign to me. The film introduces where a young eight year old girl named Chuyia, becomes a widow after her husband’s death. At such a young age she does not remember her marriage to her husband, assuming it was arranged by her family. After being widowed, she is sent to a widow home in which she has to live there
When discussing the controversial authors of Indian literature, one name should come to mind before any other. Salman Rushdie, who is best known for writing the book “Midnights Children.” The first two chapters of “Midnights Children” are known as “The Perforated Sheet”. In “The Perforated Sheet” Rushdie utilizes magic realism as a literary device to link significant events and their effects on the lives of Saleem’s family to a changing India. In fact, it is in the beginning of the story that the
Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ 1 Introduction This paper will try to show how Salman Rushdie uses narrative technique, genre and the concept of history in a very new way in Midnight’s Children in order to place his story outside the euro-centric tradition of literature, narrative and history. These traditions, appearing in the colonial period, have constructed a notion of universalism in literature where the ‘classics’ of the western canon have set the order of the day (Ashcroft 91-92)
Midnights Children Salman Rushdei 1. Comment on the author’s style and characterization. Are the characters believable or paper cutouts? Comic or tragic or both? Are their dilemmas universal to human nature or particular to their situation? - Rushdie's narrator, Saleem Sinai, is the Hindu child raised by wealthy Muslims. Near the beginning of the novel, he informs us that he is falling apart--literally: I mean quite simply that I have begun to crack all over like an old jug--that my poor
country’s traditions, these women are in love. Fire, an Indian film by Mehta Deepa, is a film which deals with the topic of lesbianism in India, and the dominance of males over females. Aesthetically, Fire has a second layer of meaning conveyed through the use of symbolic imagery, light, and colour. This paper will analyze the symbolic emblems, lighting techniques, and colour choices which enhance the major themes in this film. Deepa Mehta’s Fire uses a lesbian relationship to challenge the idea of women
sentimental pious attachment to all the rivers in India. The Narmada is one of the most sacred rivers of the seven holy rivers, originates from the Maikali ranges at Amarkantak in MP and flows between the mountain ranges of Vindhya and Sathpura. Gita Mehta, a post colonial writer, meticulously weaves the stories and connects the lives of the characters to the holy river the Narmada in her book, ’A River Sutra’.’Sutra’ means thread that connects, ’River Sutra’ means river that connects. Throughout the
Hawaa Hawaai that includes Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Makrand Deshpande, and Neha Joshi that is written and directed by Amole Gupte could be a film that has to be seen by every one young or old who has ever dreamt. Hawaa Hawaai never helps you to down. certain it's its conclaves of concession to populism, sort of a sports coach on a chair (very chic!) WHO looks to possess watched too several Hollywood films. however you welcome these terribly loveable makes an attempt to speak the film's theme on
Fire Deepa Mehta’s Fire wrote a remarkable chapter in the history of Indian Cinema as it was the first mainstream movie to deal with homosexuality. In a patriarchal society like India, Fire tapped the prevalence of lesbianism in middle- class household. This understandably didn’t go too well with the so called protectors of Indian values and morals. Most of the public sound and fury surrounding Deepa Mehta’s Fire had to do with its purportedly ‘lesbian’ desecration of respectable, middle-
identity and women states in the Indian society, we can surely say that present condition is better than 19th century. In the present time India is more aware of rights of women. What Deepa Mehta has projected Indian widow’s identity is picture of pre-independence Indian women not present. So what is intension of Deepa Mehta through this movie? That is big question of Indian society because in the modern time, the younger generations in parts of India, where girls are beginning to forgo the more traditional
“HOW IS INDIAN DIASPORA DEPICTED BY DIASPORIC FILM-MAKERS IN CROSSOVER INDIAN MOVIES?” I remember watching the movie “Bend it like Beckham” by Gurinder Chaddha and how fascinated I was with the entire depiction of Indian diaspora and the process of negotiation and assertion of identity that is spun across the movie. In a similar fashion Mira Nair’s the namesake is the story of identity conflict and formation of two diasporic generations in the U.S. I was captivated by the idea of how the Diaspora
2. Course objective and syllabus With this course, I have learned more about other religions without the stereotypes that were fed to me by media and opinions of the majority. One of the most important things I have learned about other religions is that each one has a unique core belief system that centers on caring for others. In addition, I have also learned some outdated traditions continue even though laws have changed. This is in relation to Hinduism and the widows who are considered an outcast
the two because of the fact that they have a universally understanding or interpretation. This is true for the French New Wave films; Contempt and Breathless directed by Jean-Luc Godard, and contemporary Indian films; Earth and Water directed by Deepa Mehta. All four films portray an individual’s role in society using sound and editing. Godard creates a unique editing style in Contempt and Breathless through the combination of long takes and jump cuts. Godard’s use of these two editing techniques
The need of this research is to analyze the psyche of the characters of the novel “Ice Candy Man”. This writing is about the societal condition and psychological situations of partitioned people. The researchers studied and observe the characters through kind and straight manner. In Asian countries, the subject of violence and aggression play a chief role in the partition literature. The different researchers explore this idea in different point of views. Most of the researchers show women killing
Term Paper The first reference to lesbian love in Indian Literature was in the Rig Veda. According to Gita Thalani there were legislations against lesbian love, validating only procreative sex. The code of Manu contains the punishments meted out to women engaging in homosexual acts, a virgin girl who engages in love-making with another deserves the punishment of being fined and beaten. Thus we see that lesbianism and homosexuality were not only present in ancient India, but were also suppressed and