post-colonial studies on movie Midnight's Children

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Post-colonial Studies on Movie Midnight's Children

                       Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by British Indian author Salman Rushdie. it deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of British India. it is considered an example of post colonial, post modern and magical realist literature.

                     Midnight's children is a 2012 Canadian-British Film basedom Salman Rushdie. Midnight children movie directed by Deepa Mehta. it is story of Saleem sinai, he is protagonist character in the movie. saleem sinai tell his life story to padma. the movie we can see that saleem life journey and also he mentioned his mother life journey as like he started his story at Kashmir with his grandfather. grandfather as doctor he love his patient and married with patient. his mother first marriage with Nadir Khan then second marriage his father Ahmed Sinai. Ahmed is business he move away his wife Amina to Mumbai. in Mumbai they meet William Methon he is British. Amina has a pregnancy. both child as some date midnight, 15 August 1947, as independent India. children.

                   The birth of Saleem and Shiva at same time, it also shows the birth of two nations India and Pakistan. there is strong voice of marxism. poor become rich and rich become poor. the movie two child born at same hospital one is Vanita and William methon poor family child other Ahmed sinai and Amita child rich family and nurse Mary exchange that child each other according to joe. and she changed destiny of there child Saleem and Shiva. but she filled to that ideas and she felt guilty. Saleem mother died but after exchanging children situation completely change then shiva mother child so many has more sympathy. Saleem not for shiva, shiva is without mother child.

                   Movie central Realigious in Muslim. Mary one mistake it became changing to children. Saleem is a Hindu son. and shiva is a Muslim son. Saleem as Muslim and he is married with Hindu girl Parvati. shiva really is a Muslim son but identity in Hindu son and saleem really is a Hindu son but identity in Muslim.

                  This movie post colonial perspective, movie is not well narrated because saleem forgot everything due to one accident and he remembered parvati. and shiva to slums family he was not go school but officer his learning process. this movie is a very interesting.

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