Monday 9 December 2013

The faceless Hindu in Garam Hava

*to make up for my non-existent CP

For me three scenes in the movie Garam Hava stand out in which the director employs a very distinct cinematic approach. These include: the scene where Salim Mirza speaks to the banker about the status of his loan, when he approaches several landowners and inquires about renting the place and lastly when his son, Sikander is interviewing for a job but is rejected last minute when the vacancy is filled.  These scenes have a singular theme, in each of them the character directly talks into the camera but the visual appearance of the other person (Hindu) is not revealed. This depiction of the Indian Hindu as faceless I believe is intentional because it symbolizes an unknown threat to the security of the Indian Muslim in terms of job, property and livelihood.  

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