Three films of postcolonial studies



What is Colonialism ?
Colonialism is the practice of establishing territorial dominion over a colony by an outside political power. Post colonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.

                                                       
What is Post-Colonialism ?


Post-colonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.


1) The Black Prince:-

  The Black Prince is a 2017 international historical drama film directed by Kavi Raz and featuring the acting debut of Satinder Sartaaj, it tells the story of Duleep Singh, the last maharajah of the sikh empire and the Punjab area, and his relationship with queen Victoria.

 the story revolves around the young prince as he attempts both to regain his throne and reconcile himself with the two cultures of his Indian birth and British Education.

    It was the Indian history that an king fight for his own kingdom against Britishers.first Ranjeet Singh was the king and that Punjab was alone as freedom against Britishers, but some people are mixed with British and that rules and kingdom was destroyed, now his son Duleep Singh was last king of that kingdom. after he know about history of father and kingdom, he feels too late, because now the Britishers rules on India, include Punjab also. Duleep fight against British army for his kingdom but at last he was died without kingdom.
2. Midnight's Children :-


                                            The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events. The style of preserving history with fictional accounts is self-reflexive. Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981 It was awarded the "Booker of Booker's" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.
In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels" It was also added to the list of Great Books of the 20th Century, published by Penguin Books. 

Review with Post-Colonialism Studies :-
 
    - Hybridity :- 
                       
                                Hybridity, in its most basic sense, refers to mixture. The term originates from biology and was subsequently employed in linguistics and in racial theory in the nineteenth century. Its contemporary uses are scattered across numerous academic disciplines and is salient in popular culture. Hybridity is used in discourses about race, post colonialism, identity, anti-racism and multiculturalism, and globalization, developed from its roots as a biological term.

                      
    - Magic Realism :- 
                                                 In this novel it's shown that the children who are born on zero hour of the Independence Day they have magical powers. In zero hour 15 children were born and on that night total 1000 children were born. Seelim was having power in his nose to call the children born on that day for meeting, while Parvati was witch & she was knowing magic which she was using for the betterment of people and to help them. This was the children belong to different places was having different powers in their body. But there was only Seelim who could meet everyone and know them, who was keeping them one. This type of text is more likable in readers due to the mixture of fantasy and history.
       
                                               Magic realism was a part of post colonial literature and it was used much in India to make narration more effective.



3. The Reluctant Fundamentalist :-
                                                                 
                                                                                     The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a 2012 political thriller drama film based on the 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, directed by Mira Nair, starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson in lead. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a post-9/11 story about the impact of the Al Qaeda attacks on one Pakistani man and his treatment by Americans in reaction to them. 

Review with Post-Colonialism Studies :-

    - Relationship between Pakistan & US :-
                                                            
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    - Cultural Hybridity :- 

                                        cultural hybridity not only refers to the mixing of cultural elements. It is a term that is employed in various ways in order to conceptualize and critically engage with relationships between notions of purity and impurity in a cultural–historical perspective. 

                                       
     - Hegemony :-

                            Hegemony is the political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others. In ancient Greece, hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of a city-state over other city-states. The dominant state is known as the hegemony.


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