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Director – Deepa Mehta
Screenplay - Salman Rushdie
Writer – Salman Rushdie
Starring – Shabana Azmi
Ronit
Roy, Shriya Saran, Satya Bhabha
“Midnight children” is
written by Salman Rushdie. it is a postcolonial
novel in which the novel give and account of the historical event, that
happened during British Raj and
independence in India . He added beauty to this event thought using, the tool
of Magical realism in which make it beautiful
piece literature . it’s magical movement is very old idea to use in the parvati
. In the use of Progressive and regressive movement use of the movie . it’s always
journey of India , it’s very interesting Juxtaposition
.
Their are more element of post
modernity also, post colonial discourse, white person narrated brown world. History
memory how it’s narrated here, most of episode to 1919to 1977. So text is very
thick movie is not very thick. In the movie what is connection between “literature and politics” or what is connection between politics and religion.
In their meta narration Muslim wanted separate country that is meta
narration , meta narration challenge of marginalize narration.
So many thing are parallel, rich
poor divide and how the poor hates rich, India made of that dimension. Poor have animosity
towards rich people.
In the movie also irony of the mother India old
irony of the mother having extra marital affair with some man.
In this movie
also scene of the Marxist revaluation
hero, they say change the fate of the rich and poor,
in the change fortune to both childe
. in the deep satire on the Nauruan socialism time, take money to the rich and
give to the poor. That system of
work text’s to rich and subsidizing poor
Marxist idea to satirizing .
What is post colonialism ?
Post colonial as the word itself says, refer to period after colonialism. colonialism is referred to subjugation of with countries and Nations by the strong one .
Postcolonial element in midnight children .
A fantastic movie directed by Deepa Mehta is made on it . that been watch and appreciated worldwide . In the movie which highlights the post colonial setting of India after British rule . It pictures the postcolonial social, cultural political, religious practice, that were evident in India .
Much of his fiction is set on the India subcontinent. he is said to combine magical realism with historical fiction. his work is concerned need with the many connection disruption and migrations between East and West civilization . The stories told by its chief protagonist Saleem Sinai and is set in the context of actual historical event as with historical fiction .
In this movie we find that most important postcolonial concept used in postcolonial Literature are Hybridity, Hegemony , ambivalence, mimicry miscegenation, subaltern ambiguity magic realism feminism globalization etc.
Midnight children, children traces grotesque destiny of a Muslim Indian family from 1915 to 1977 when Indira Gandhi emergency rule was about to end in a general election .
In the novel, the time period that the novel cover as a started by Robert Towers is from 1915 to 1977 . British rule in the subcontinent come to its end on 15th August 1947 midnight children are The children born at the stroke of midnight of 15th August 3rd market India's Independence .
Magical realism is the narrative style of this novel besides this one can trust several postcolonial element in the novel as hybridist, mimicry, miscegenation, postcolonial feminism.
In the movie Saleem Sinai to hero is also one of this midnight children they are introduced to Saleem after a bicycle accident . As a result of a jolt received in bicycle accident I selling scene I become a whale of them all . He starts listening strange voice and tell his family about listening strange voice no one believe in fact he is accused of cracking stupid joke and is badly treated .
What is post colonialism ?
Post colonial as the word itself says, refer to period after colonialism. colonialism is referred to subjugation of with countries and Nations by the strong one .
Postcolonial element in midnight children .
A fantastic movie directed by Deepa Mehta is made on it . that been watch and appreciated worldwide . In the movie which highlights the post colonial setting of India after British rule . It pictures the postcolonial social, cultural political, religious practice, that were evident in India .
Much of his fiction is set on the India subcontinent. he is said to combine magical realism with historical fiction. his work is concerned need with the many connection disruption and migrations between East and West civilization . The stories told by its chief protagonist Saleem Sinai and is set in the context of actual historical event as with historical fiction .
In this movie we find that most important postcolonial concept used in postcolonial Literature are Hybridity, Hegemony , ambivalence, mimicry miscegenation, subaltern ambiguity magic realism feminism globalization etc.
Midnight children, children traces grotesque destiny of a Muslim Indian family from 1915 to 1977 when Indira Gandhi emergency rule was about to end in a general election .
In the novel, the time period that the novel cover as a started by Robert Towers is from 1915 to 1977 . British rule in the subcontinent come to its end on 15th August 1947 midnight children are The children born at the stroke of midnight of 15th August 3rd market India's Independence .
Magical realism is the narrative style of this novel besides this one can trust several postcolonial element in the novel as hybridist, mimicry, miscegenation, postcolonial feminism.
In the movie Saleem Sinai to hero is also one of this midnight children they are introduced to Saleem after a bicycle accident . As a result of a jolt received in bicycle accident I selling scene I become a whale of them all . He starts listening strange voice and tell his family about listening strange voice no one believe in fact he is accused of cracking stupid joke and is badly treated .
There comes a time when this midnight children actually appear and start talking to him they tell him about the supernatural power they had . the Midnight children where not ordinary kids they had supernatural power .
“Saleem and Shiva ,Shiva and Salim nose and knees and nose” the overhead given the gift of War and to Salem the greatest talent of all the ability to look into the hearts and Minds of men .
Saleem used to held conference with this midnights children this conferences, are repeatedly referred in novel as midnight children conferences different political issues are discussed in this conference.
In the movie can see that mimicry postcolonial way .
Mimicry is evident during British raj in India. where one can witness British mimicking India while India mimicking British, Selman Rushdie has given several such example, of mimicry .
For example Saleem Sinai the hero of the novel at one plus, highlighting mimicry in his society say that in India we have always been vulnerable to Europeans Abed had only been with us a matter of weeks and already I was being suckered into a grotesque you mimicry of European literature .
One can also see traces of imitation in him he tries to mimic language spoke in India for example sab kuch Tik Tok hi everything just fine.( Rushdie-2011.)
The movie is also portrayed Hybridity.
According to Rushdie privilege a postmodern spares or third principle that blind both side of binaries like East –West circular religious real fantasy and colonizer colonized. and for ground hybridist over clarity and open and less over closer .
For example Rushdie himself Saleem is a perfect representation of hybrid male born with multiple allegiances and identities .
Postcolonial feminism.
Feminism is also one of the postcolonial element found in this novel. India is a male dominated society, where female are separated by the male one way or another, we can also said that females are treated as a subaltern in the region of the word .
For example, Naseem, Amina, and Jamila.
Thank you….!!!!
(wikipedia)
Works Cited
Works Cited
wikipedia. 5 9 2017. 2017
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Children>.
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