The collision of tradition and modernity

Destini 2022-01-17 08:01:56

Masaan's movie (Fly Away Solo in English) is a very culturally representative Indian movie. Compared with the exaggeration and noise of most Bollywood movies, Masaan embodies a problem that cannot be ignored in contemporary Indian society-in this country, traditional hierarchical concepts are constantly colliding with modern life concepts (Caste vs. Modernity), and no one is willing to make any concessions. More precisely, no one dares to make any concessions.
If ordinary Bollywood movies, or Bollywood song and dance movies, bring to the audience a world that has no worries and is full of little love, then the crematorium brings us a reality that is far greater than that of song and dance movies. Indian society. The play is full of conflicts, full of tragedies, and countless facts that surprise and unimaginable to us from other cultures.
I. The official language of India is English. The language of this movie is standard Indian. In the movie, the conversation between the characters actually contains a lot of English words or short sentences based on the Indian language. This is also the current situation of the younger generation in India. Their speech is often mixed with English, while the older generation will use more pure Indian (or other languages), and even use more complicated and chronological terms.
II. In one of the stories in the movie, a pair of young men and women can communicate on Facebook, but they cannot be together due to their level difference. Facebook is one of the symbols of the modern social Internet, and India’s ancient and cumbersome hierarchical system is also the best representative of past.
The Chinese is too bad to write.
Generally speaking, the content of this movie is shocking, the theme is thought-provoking, the details are well processed, and the actors' expressions and actions are naturally vivid. Watching such a niche movie is far better than watching old-fashioned bad movies by some big-name celebrities.

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  • Cheyanne 2022-03-21 09:02:59

    The plot is a bit bloody, but it is a rare Indian realism theme, at least involving the caste system. A few scenes are great, 3.5

  • Ali 2022-03-23 09:03:02

    1. The grassroots managers in India are very greedy, similar to ours in the 1990s, or if you have been to India, you will realize that the unspoken rules we talked about can fill the gaps in society more than rules and regulations. 2. This society is backward and ignorant, but the sincere, beautiful and progressive yearning for feelings is connected with any advanced civilization. This is also the hope that the physical bond of the "crematorium" will become a spiritual pattern. 3.

Masaan quotes

  • Devi Pathak: Do you live alone?

    Sadhya Ji: No, I live with my dad. My dad lives alone.