RELS 2326 SMU 1995 The Bombay Film Analysis Communal Inter Religious Violence Essay

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The 1995 film Bombay addresses communal (inter-religious) violence in India. This film was originally produced in Tamil by director Mani Ratnam. The version I am making available to you has been dubbed into Hindi and contains English subtitles. Be aware that the film contains violent imagery.

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Running head: THE BOMBAY FILM (1995)

The Bombay Film (1995)
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Film Analysis: Bombay (1995)
Introduction
The film, Bombay (1995), is Mani Ratnam’s multi-story movie that tracked prohibited
couples through love, children, and life in the Indian cultural contextual and Islamic religion.
Although the story began with one direction (forbidden lovers held apart by their parents and
their religious affiliation), it documented a crucial case; The Bombay riots in Bombay (now
Mumbai). Each plotline could carry the film and combine them for a great movie that allowed
viewers to enjoy each religion’s main characters and feel. For instance, Shekhar and his lover
Shaila are from conflicting religious backgrounds; Orthodox Hindu and a Muslim,
respectively. In a nutshell, the film alludes to the old saying; Love always wins. The paper
will analyze different religious communities as depicted in the film, gender roles, religious
biasness, and ideas on gender, major historical events, and differences in India’s various
cultural languages.
Different Religious Communities
Shekhar is the son of Narayana Pillai, an Orthodox Hindu who resides in Tamil Nadu
coastal village. He is a journalist student who the on the day’s trip back home, meets a
Muslim girl named Shaila Banu and gets attracted to her and falls in love (Teverson, 2019).
Initially, due to the religious gaps and boundaries between the Muslim and the Hindu, Shaila
works hard to distance herself from Shekha...


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