Muslims in "Garam Hawa"

As stated by Ma’am in class that “Garam Hawa” is not a movie with the best representation of Muslims and in my opinion this point can be understood by keeping Salim Mirza in mind. Salim is displayed as a character that is solely dependent on Allah’s decisions “Allah will protect us”. His wholehearted dependence on Islam is the reason for his failure. He refuses to move on and accept modernity.  His passiveness and disconnection with the outside world hurts his entire family. While on the other hand, Halim who goes for opportunities provided by this world, lives a successful life. Halim Mirza is an important Muslim party leader and declares at a speech rally: “Yahan ke saare Musalmaan chale jaayien toh kam se kam ek Musalmaan yahan se kabhi nahin jaayega aur us Musalmaan ka naam hai Halim Mirza. Yet in the following scene, he says to his wife: “Ab main bhi yahan nahin reh sakta…ab Hindustan main kise Musalmaan ke liye koi jagah nahin”! He chooses to leave India for his own benefit. He makes the right decision for himself and his family as compared to Salim whose family suffers. Halim compared to Salim has the strength to understand what the reality is and what will be the real outcome. But at the same time Halim as well, being a Muslim is depicted as someone who has borrowed money and run off.