Aamir Khan, an Indian male god who has become a household name in China, once commented on the film:
This " should never be released" movie is "Little Lolita's Uncle Monkey God" directed by Kabir Khan and starring Salman Khan.
The first time I saw it in early 2016, I watched it twice.
Two years later, it was finally released in mainland China, and I did not hesitate to go to the cinema to watch it again.
I think in the future, I will watch it again.
why?
Because this movie is destined to be famous in the history of India, Pakistan and even the world, it questioned human nature in the feud of the country, it tortured beliefs in the political, religious and cultural divisions, and every minute of it was violent in laughter Beating the viewers:
Did your faith teach you to "love" or "hate"?
The honest and handsome male protagonist Pawan is a Hindu. He believes in Rama and worships the god Hanuman, which is the monkey god (this monkey has his followers not only in India, but also throughout Southeast Asia).
To what extent did Pawan believe in the monkey god?
He worships every monkey and shouts long live, no matter if the monkey is a god statue, a necklace, or a living wild monkey;
He eats vegetarian food and recites scriptures, but he doesn't know the taste of meat. He scoffs when neighbors eat chicken drumsticks and never takes a step closer;
He never lies, he never changes, and even if he puts himself in danger, he never does anything sneaky;
He firmly believes that everything is arranged by God Rama, whether good or bad, it is the will of the Monkey God.
He was so stupid that he was admitted to high school at the age of 20. He couldn't even find a job, so he could only stay at the heroine Lasika's father's house; but his kindness and perseverance also won Lasika's heart. Rasika's father felt that the stupid Pawan was not worthy of his daughter, and still promised Pawan that if he could buy a house within 6 months, he would marry his daughter.
Before meeting Little Loli, Pawan and his firm belief looked beautiful, and the Monkey God was also a blessing to him. Although he did not give him the talent for intelligence, he gave him the Brahman (the highest level of the four major castes in India). Family background and a beautiful and kind lover.
However, just when he was going to make money to buy a house and please his father-in-law to marry, Little Loli appeared.
Sloppy, can't speak, can't read, don't know the reason, only 6 years old, only blinking at Pawan with big beautiful eyes, just want to follow Pawan, what should I do?
Pawan chose to bring the little loli back to his girlfriend's house, why?
He believed that this was the will of the monkey god .
But he never imagined that what awaited him was actually a challenge to the monkey god .
The first challenge:
Pawan confidently said to his future father-in-law: "Such a cute little girl must be a Brahmin (the highest class of the four castes in India, the only caste that can be engaged in priesthood, sacred and inviolable, vegetarian, enjoy tax exemption, exempt from death penalty), so I'm going to help her find her parents."
But this "Brahmin" little loli ran into the neighbor's house without hesitation after smelling the smell of roasted chicken drumsticks from the neighbor's house, nibbled the drumsticks, Pawan rushed in and dragged her to death, but she didn't leave. .....
Second challenge:
Pawan prayed to the Monkey God: "Thank you for your revelation, although she is not a Brahman, she is at least a Kshatriya (the second stratum of the four major castes in India, which is the royal family, nobles, and gentry classes, guarding Brahmins, but engage in military and political work).”
But this "Kshatriya" little loli ran into the mosque opposite when she was worshipping the Monkey Temple in Pawan, wrapped a veil, recited the Koran, and told Pawan plainly that she was not only not a Kshadi. Lee, she's not even a Hindu, she's a complete Muslim, she believes in Islam, an Islam that is incompatible with Hinduism!
The third challenge:
While the trembling Pawan in the mosque struggled with what to do, the little Muslim loli challenged Pawan's nerves for the third time.
She watched the India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup match with Rasika's family. When Rasika's family sighed for India's loss, the little loli jumped with joy and clapped for Pakistan's victory , danced, and even ran to the TV and kissed the Pakistani flag passionately in front of the dumbfounded Rasika family.
My God, Pawan is crazy, this cute little loli is not only a Muslim, she is actually a Pakistani, the enemy of India.
Is all this still the will of the monkey god?
If so, shouldn't we immediately leave this enemy girl with different castes, different countries, different religions, even meat and vegetarian diets and daily prayers?
If not, is it that Pawan's belief is not firm enough, the monkey god did not come, but Rahu (the devil in Indian mythology) came?
Pawan is confused. He has worshipped the monkey god for more than 20 years, he has read the Vedas for more than 20 years, and he has believed in Ramaism for more than 20 years. Even an anti-sectarian little loli, how should he read it? How to worship? How can I believe it?
The first challenge, Pawan went to the temple to pray to the monkey god for a way;
In the second challenge, his girlfriend Lasika criticized Pawan who was standing outside the mosque. He went into the mosque to look for the little loli without saying a word, and woke Pawan at once;
But in the third challenge, when Rasika's whole family wanted to let the Pakistani mute girl leave home and India, Pawan was helpless.
He chose to give up the girl. He and his girlfriend took out the money to buy a house and gave the agent to send the little loli back to Pakistan.
To the little Loli, Pawan can be considered as a benevolent and righteous person, but after taking out all his savings, he found that the black intermediary took the money in one hand, and sold the little Loli into a brothel with the other hand.
Pawan was furious. He had been ticklish from wrestling since he was a child. He had red eyes and raised his fists. He turned the brothel upside down. Hug tightly in his arms.
At that moment, country, religion, meat and vegetable, class...are they still there?
respectively gone.
At that moment, are you still thinking about what to believe and what not to believe?
Mind is gone.
Pawan has only one heart left, one to rescue Little Loli, and one to send Little Loli home.
When all dogma disappeared, Pawan was left with only one thought:
"I'm going to take this girl home myself, no matter the cost."
After breaking all dogma of faith, Pawan was left with only "love".
Does "love" have religious distinctions? no.
"Love" is boundless.
"Love" believer Pawan set foot on the road to Pakistan. As he went on the road, what we saw was the "hate" between countries, nations, nations, and people established by faith. .
This "love" and a "hate" expose the true face of the so-called faith once again.
The first is family feud.
India and Pakistan share the same language and ethnicity, and only seventy years ago they were still one country. However, just because one side is "Hinduism" and the other side is "Islam", this hot land has now become the battlefield of the gods.
Doesn't Hinduism preach "love"? Of course, it is preached that Hinduism advocates the famous "non-violence" and "non-killing", and they are unwilling to kill even an ant.
Doesn't Islam advocate "love"? Of course, it is argued that the meaning of the three words "Islam" itself is "submission, peace".
But they aimed their barrels at each other.
Therefore, Pawan can have an American passport, a British passport, and a passport from any country on the earth, but he cannot have a Pakistani passport.
Therefore, all "legal" procedures do not allow Pawan to send Little Loli home, and only "illegal", only "smuggling", and only "not discovered by the police" can.
Therefore, what the audience saw next was a series of ridiculous smuggling trips. Behind the laughter, there was pain, hatred, and helplessness.
What kind of belief is this? What kind of chaotic world does such a belief build?
And what about us who claim to have faith?
"Those who believe in Buddhism" criticize "those who believe in Buddhism" are not real;
"Confucianism" suppresses "Christian" cultural aggression, and "Christian" suppresses "Confucianism" is too closed;
"Believing in Tibetan traditions" accuses "believing in Chinese traditions" of being unrealistic;
The "believers" identify the "unbelievers" as inferior; the "unbelievers" identify the "believers" to engage in superstition...
This is our belief, this is the belief that has been dividing us, has been ignoring ourselves, has been "hate", but has nothing to do with "love".
Gandhi, the founding father of India and founder of the modern political doctrine of "non-violence", once declared:
"God is truth and love."
He even said directly to Christians at the Swiss conference in 1931:
"If Christians truly lived according to the teachings of Christ in the Bible, then all Indians would be Christians today."
Pawan is a true believer of "love", and his "love" is in sharp contrast with "hate and hypocrisy" in the name of faith, which makes this film have a value that completely transcends national boundaries and times.
Second, it is the inversion of right and wrong.
If it is said that there are not only religious reasons but also historical reasons behind the hatred of family and country, then, seventy years later, faith has not allowed believers in the two countries to break through the barriers and learn "love". On the contrary, faith has its unique "justice" way to deepen this hatred.
Pawan from India, without a passport and visa, risked his life to send home a little Pakistani girl who couldn't speak, what a "love" fact.
Isn't it worth the people of both countries to report it, to spread it, to help it?
No, an unnamed journalist who has been following Pawan told the truth:
"This country doesn't want love news, it wants hate news."
As a result, the combination of Pawan and Little Loli failed to become "love", but instead became an "international spy". The police chased him, the police used reporters and TV stations to chase him, and the TV called on the people to chase him.
The saddest thing is that even if the high-ranking police officials knew the truth, they still forced Pawan to be tortured as a "spy" and ordered to do so.
why?
Do the police have no faith? Don't you have the ability to recognize the facts?
Yes , but this belief is not for "love", it is not for "accepting the facts", it is for "self-promotion", and it is for "self-deception".
Krishnamurti, a world-renowned philosopher from India, once severely criticized such "beliefs":
"Beliefs are depraved, because behind beliefs and morals lie the mind, the ego... If we consider beliefs, we find that they divide people, and every doctrine, every belief has a set Ritual, a series of compulsions that bind and divide people. So the stronger the belief, the more dogmatic it is.”
However, how many of us do not believe in the "hidden self":
I believe in "Buddha", so all the people, things and things that prevent me from believing in Buddha are demons, even if "no", I will only believe in "yes", and I will change "no" into "yes";
I believe in "Confucianism", so "Tao" is a superstition that fools people into immortals. As for the "Tao Te Ching" and "Qing Jing Jing", I disdain to read it, only the "Analects of Confucius" that I read are classics;
I am a "Catholic in Christianity", so all "Protestant Christians" are outliers, all cases of Catholics going to heaven are true, all cases of Protestants going to heaven are false...
This is our belief, and this is the belief that we need to reflect on. Are you and I doing "self-deception" in the name of "faith"?
Movies are movies after all. After Pawan met the nameless but righteous reporter, he used the Internet to clarify the fact of his "love", but how much "love" was turned into "hate" in the name of "faith"?
This is a way to send the little loli home, and it is also a way for Pawan to return to the essence of faith.
On this extremely difficult road, in addition to his unconditional support for his girlfriend, an anonymous online reporter who insisted on reporting the facts, a policeman who refused to imprison Pawan for life on espionage charges, and many kind-hearted ordinary Pakistani people, there are others. Two vital men who never declared their faith, but revealed the true "faith" in their actions.
The first, of course, is this little loli named "Shahida".
Only 6 years old, not bound by dogma; unable to speak, not bound by words; helpless, not bound by adults, such a "Shahida" in the vast sea of people in a strange country, saw Pawan at a glance .
Does Pawan have any identifiable labels for Shahida? no. Shahida didn't know who Pawan was, what religion she believed in, what meals she ate, what scriptures she recited, what prayer she prayed, and what god she worshipped. However, Shahida saw Pawan at a glance in the crowd.
She hugged Pawan tightly, not defining who this uncle really was, and that's where the energy of the children transcends us.
The scene I remember very deeply is in the mosque.
When Pawan saw that Shahida was reciting the Quran in an Islamic way, Pawan quit the mosque in fright. At that moment, Pawan defined the little loli in front of him as a Muslim, a Muslim, and an alien. He didn't dare to step forward, he didn't dare to look for little loli again.
However, when he was dragged by his girlfriend into the mosque again, the little loli rushed over and hugged him tightly.
One hesitated and did not dare to enter, the other rushed up to hug him tightly, that hug made Pawan tearful, and that hug made Pawan see his despicableness.
Shahida is not perfect, she will steal handcuffs because of her love bracelet, she will encourage Pawan, who does not lie, to lie, but her imperfection makes her more real, the religion, culture, and war she faces. The resulting disputes seem so hypocritical.
In the whole film, it seems that Pawan saved Little Loli, but in fact Little Lolita saved Pawan, and it was Shahida who achieved the ultimate monkey god.
The second is the imam in a Pakistani mosque.
If Shahida is a child after all, and her words and deeds have an unconscious element, then the imam in the mosque gave Pawan the best and most vivid lesson.
Imam is an Islamic title, meaning teacher, scholar. A person who can be an imam must firmly believe in Islam, be familiar with the Koran, be able to recite scriptures for everyone, be respected by all Muslims, and enjoy a high social status.
When Pawan and Little Loli were chased by the police and had nowhere to run, it was the imam who took them in. Interestingly, Pawan was reluctant to step into the door of the mosque because he believed in the Indian Rama religion, even though the imam took him in.
On the contrary, the imam's words and deeds gave Pawan an invisible slap:
Pawan refused to do things secretly, but the imam secretly hid Pawan and Little Loli in the mosque;
Pawan refused to lie, but the imam lied to deceive the Pakistani police who were chasing him;
Pawan refused to pretend to be a fake, but the imam would rather risk being told that he has two wives, and let Pawan and the reporter both pretend to be Muslim women just to send them out;
Pawan refused to say "God bless" to say goodbye to the imam, because that is the God of Islam, but the imam smiled and asked him what Hinduism said, and then smiled and said to him "Long live Rama"...
Saying goodbye to the imam, Pawan has changed completely. When he went to the mosque again to pray for the little loli, he did not hesitate; when he wanted to avoid the police behind him, he took the initiative to tell the reporter to lie...
Breaking through the definition, Pawan put down "sectarianism";
Breaking through the dogma, Pawan learned to "use the good".
At this time, Pawan is the real "believer";
At this time, Pawan did not need to believe in any monkey god anymore, because he himself became a monkey god.
The final scene of the film is destined to be remembered in film history.
The two peoples of India and Pakistan have gathered on the blood-stained border between the two countries, just for the illegal entry of Pawan back to India.
The Pakistani people shouted "Brother Monkey God" and smashed the closed border gate for Pawan. When Pawan stepped out of the border, he looked back and made an Islamic gesture to all Pakistani people: " Allah bless" !
And Shahida, the child who had not spoken for 6 years, finally shouted the first word of her life when she watched Pawan go away, and the word was not "mother", but "uncle".
Pawan and Shahida hugged tightly on this border, and at this time Shahida shouted the first words in her life - " Long live Rama! "
God bless, long live Rama!
- Dedicated to everyone who has faith.
Author of this article: Su Shuo
Former producer of Jiangsu Satellite TV, now an independent self-media person.
Published the book "Happiness Is Like Tathagata", and the number of articles on the entire platform exceeded 10 million.
Public account: Zen said movie (ID: chanshuodianying)
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