What I found worth discussing was how ironic it is that a film about Bombay, has been funded by the Canadian government...ofcourse it isn't too surprising, considering that Mistry has been in Canada since the 1970s and is funded by the Canadian govt in his writing ventures...while I was in Magdeburg I got into an argument with a prof about Mistry. He ofcourse took Mistry's representation of Mumbai and the Parsis as very realistic and accurate, whereas I felt it was highly debatable since Mistry hasn't lived in India for several decades now and can't really be called a true representative in any sense. Nevertheless I did read his short stories entitled "Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag" and found them interesting, though very quaint and prone to stereotyping the Parsi ways of living.
Monday, February 23, 2004
Such a Long Journey
Last night I saw "Such a Long Journey" - a film based on the novel by Rohinton Mistry. It's quite wierd - I have the book but never got around to reading it...it was a gift by my "book misplacing" cousin, several years back...and for some reason every time I started reading it, something more interesting or more imporatant from the POV of studies would come by and I'd pick that up and abandon this one! Last night Kunu called saying that the movie is being aired on Star Movies and I should watch it (he had borrowed the book from me to read) - so I sat down to see the film. It was OK - I wouldn't rate it very high, but it was definitely worth a watch for the way Bombay in the 1970s has been depicted, and also for the actors - the star cast includes Roshan Seth, Naseruddin Shah, Om Puri, Soni Razdan, Pearl Padamsee, Ranjit Choudhary among others...
What I found worth discussing was how ironic it is that a film about Bombay, has been funded by the Canadian government...ofcourse it isn't too surprising, considering that Mistry has been in Canada since the 1970s and is funded by the Canadian govt in his writing ventures...while I was in Magdeburg I got into an argument with a prof about Mistry. He ofcourse took Mistry's representation of Mumbai and the Parsis as very realistic and accurate, whereas I felt it was highly debatable since Mistry hasn't lived in India for several decades now and can't really be called a true representative in any sense. Nevertheless I did read his short stories entitled "Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag" and found them interesting, though very quaint and prone to stereotyping the Parsi ways of living.
Review of Mistry's Works
What I found worth discussing was how ironic it is that a film about Bombay, has been funded by the Canadian government...ofcourse it isn't too surprising, considering that Mistry has been in Canada since the 1970s and is funded by the Canadian govt in his writing ventures...while I was in Magdeburg I got into an argument with a prof about Mistry. He ofcourse took Mistry's representation of Mumbai and the Parsis as very realistic and accurate, whereas I felt it was highly debatable since Mistry hasn't lived in India for several decades now and can't really be called a true representative in any sense. Nevertheless I did read his short stories entitled "Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag" and found them interesting, though very quaint and prone to stereotyping the Parsi ways of living.
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