Review of movie screening on “Midnight’s
Children”
‘Midnight’s
Children’ is one of the most acclaimed novel written by Salman Rushdie, Which in
2013 emerged as a drama; luminously directed as well compiled by Oscar
Nominated Deepa Mehta.
This
film highlighting the lives of two individuals; born at the stroke of midnight
when India achieved its independence from the British. Withal it suggests that
how those children are blessed with some magical power. The twist comes there
when these two children took birth in the same Bombay hospital; were shifted by
the nurse ‘Mary’. The beggar’s child (boy) exchanged with wealthy couple’s baby
boy. Mary did this desperately on the whim of her husband Joe. Joe was doing
this for raising voice against rich people as well politically engaged. He said
that,
‘Let the rich become
poor and poor become rich’.
Beggar’s
boy named as ‘Shiva’, who was in real, belongs to a wealthy as well eminent
family of Ahmed Sinai and Amina Sinai. Sinais’ heir was named as ‘Saleem’, who
was actually a boy of beggar woman Vanita. Over a period of a time, their fate
makes them face each other on the field of rivalry, politics, romance and
class.
The
whole novel is mouthpiece of Saleem Sinai himself; who with growing age mate with
his extra-ordinary power. He could listen some tremendous voices from his nose.
‘I found some voices
from nose’ – Saleem.
Here, we for the
first time find magic realism. Now often Saleem finds some illusionary figures
of children. Here we meet Parvati, who is another mysterious child like Saleem
and Shiva. She is an orphan girl. At the middle part of the movie we introduced
with her as a part of Saleem’s illusions, but with the passing of time Saleem
and Parvati fell into love. They married each-other.
In
the rest part we find Parvati doing some magic with whispering of ‘Abara ka
Dabara’. Throughout the movie we find this magic realism used by these
midnight’s children. Till the end the lives of Shiva and Saleem becomes ruined,
because the secret of their born is unfolded now. Shiva dies; Parvati also dies
in one accident. Saleem remains with his son (actually a son of Parvati and
Shiva). Thus, this novel (movie) contains major three themes: 1) creation and
telling of history, 2) the creation and telling of nation’s and individual’s
identity, 3) the creation and telling of stories.
Basically,
this novel has flat plot. In movie version it also creates some boring moods in
viewer’s mind. So that many critics opine that it has not that stuff or content
to make a movie on it.
Work Cited:
§ Wikipedia
§ Class-notes
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