When we are poor, we only have dreams

Tamia 2022-03-21 09:02:44

On the road people silently bow their heads and close their eyes

live forever

They don't know, they don't think

never ask

Where will this road take them

or no direction at all

There is a crossroad on the road

A road that no one has ever traveled

A road only a lunatic would take

Others always go the way others have walked

eyes closed

haunted by thoughts

What if we took the road that few people traveled?

No one knows where this road will lead

The poor boy achieved his dream by his own efforts. The current situation of India's slums is expressed by chasing dreams, interspersed with Malad's love triangle, and Malad finally wakes up and returns to his first love. In order to endure the violence of his father, Mallard finally broke out and ran away with his mother, but because of the lack of income, he had to partner with his car thief friend to steal and solve the living problems of his mother and brother. When the friend was arrested, in order not to affect Mallard's participation in the final, the friend was beaten and tortured by the police, and one person pleaded guilty and was punished. Family, social reality, love, friendship, religion are all involved, and there is a degree of relaxation.

Marad, a young man living in the slums of Mumbai, crammed into a small room of ten square meters. The room is small and there are many people living there, so it is often used as a special case by the tour guide to visit European and American tourists brought by the tour guide. It is worthwhile to let those European and American people satisfy their curiosity and experience the characteristics of Indian slums. Of course, the grandmother of young Mallard would smash the tour guide for a sum of money, otherwise the old woman would never allow the tour guide to bring people into the room.

The relationship between his parents was very poor, and he often abused his mother. The young Malad wanted to stand up every time, but he was powerless in the face of this patriarchal society. All family expenses can only be maintained by the father's Weibo income as a driver for the rich, and most of this income is also used to pay for the college tuition of the male protagonist. So Mallard can only endure, and his mother can only endure, endure all the atrocities of his father. Because my father believed in Islam and the teachings allowed polygamy, he actually brought a woman in. The mother's status was even lower, and she was completely reduced to a servant in the family. In the end, in order to show the ups and downs of the male protagonist Mallard, the film still made the male protagonist break out and left home with his mother.

When the poor have resentment against the world, they always want to say something to the world. Those who are daring to steal and rob to vent their dissatisfaction with the rich, and those who are timid and full of resentment, make up some jokes to ridicule the world and express it with rap. Slowly, hip-hop culture was formed, so hip-hop culture is particularly easy to spread in slums.

"Who can tell me, why is the world divided? Why is the world divided? Who is manipulating? Who is writing the story? There are skyscrapers on the right, and hungry children on the left. Rich people use us as slaves? Someone Our home is as small as a car, but someone’s home is as splendid as a palace. Our stomachs are empty, but you are full of gold.” …

Mallard is also deeply influenced by hip-hop culture and inspired to become a hip-hop rapper. When he showed his behavior, his father found out and slapped him several times. His father warned him that this was not a proper job, thinking that he was ignoring his hard work and that the money for him to go to college was wasted. His father advised him, "The son of a servant is always a servant. We are born to work for the rich, and don't have those unrealistic dreams."

This is how this society is. The rich weave a dream for the poor, let the poor serve the rich well, win the recognition of the rich, gain wealth, and improve their status. Slowly, the thinking of the poor is solidified. Study hard, increase knowledge, work for the rich, and win the favor of the rich. This is a path that ordinary people will take.

Mallard is also arranged by his father. He has a college degree, but he is also laughed at by others and the rich. In this society, people like him are all college graduates, to educate their daughters to read more and improve themselves. position advantage.

Mallard has his own dream. He only has one life. Can it only be used to be humble and humble in front of the rich and gain their favor? He has to rely on his own efforts to take a road that people in the slums have never traveled and become a rapper.

When we are poor and have nothing, at least there are dreams, because we only have dreams! Mallard participated in the draft competition. After going through hardships and dangers, he finally broke through and succeeded, becoming an inspirational representative in the slum.

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  • Cassandra 2022-01-11 08:01:42

    This movie is great! Rap is super nice! Hindi is really suitable for singing rap, but the Indians in it are too cruel... I am shocked to slap the face?

  • Eveline 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    The Indian version of "Eight Miles" is too Indian at the end. It's a pity that the rap in it is almost all old school.

Gully Boy quotes

  • Safeena: If she choochie-choos with my boyfriend, of course I will whack her.

  • Murad: I will not change my dream to match my reality. I will change my reality to match my dream.