For audiences familiar with the Hollywood film and television industry, the most familiar should be Amir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, these three people are called the "Three Khans", holding up half of the sky of Bollywood.
You know, in the top 10 of the Bollywood film history box office rankings, in addition to the first two "Baahubali King" that occupy the championship and runner-up, the remaining 8 places are all contracted by the "Three Khans".
However, for the melon-eating masses, the only Indian actors who are really familiar and can be named are amir Khan, the star of "Three Fools in Bollywood" and "Wrestling Daddy".
The movie I want to talk about today, "Little Lori's Monkey God Uncle", ranked fifth in the history of Indian film box office, was believed by Amir Khan: it should never be screened, and I will watch it at least ten times.
Not only Indians like it, but also obtained super high ratings on major foreign film authoritative websites, with an imdb score of 8.1, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness of up to 100%, and a Douban score of 8.6, and a word of mouth.
To understand this film, the first thing we need to understand is the context of India and Pakistan, which has lasted for half a century.
The emotional consciousness of mutual hatred, resentment and suspicion has long been deeply rooted in Hindus and Muslims.
Two countries with different beliefs and territorial disputes are hostile and vigilant to each other. And this warm movie is just a beam of light projected in this crack.
Shahida, a six-year-old girl from Pakistan's Kashmir region, ostensibly comes from a cricket star, Shahid Shahid, but the name actually has religious connotations, meaning "martyr.".
Shahid shahid plus the suffix becomes Shahida shahida, not only from male to female, I think also added the meaning of "angel" and "faith", she is a symbol of divine will.
At the age of six, she could not speak, and she easily put herself in danger, and in order to let her go to class like a normal child, her mother took her to India, a country of feuds, hoping to seek the protection of the gods.
On the way back, Shahida and her mother were separated by a train breakdown. In the unaccompanied Indian community, the silent Shahida is in trouble.
It was at this time that she met Pawan at a festival, a devout Hindu who would religiously fold his hands whether he encountered a Buddha statue or a monkey on the road, so he had a nickname called monkey god.
The monkey god sent Shahida to the police station, and the police did not take her in; sent her to the embassy, did not give her a visa; spent money to let the travel agency apply for a black visa but was deceived, Shahida was sold to a pornographic place...
After all the failures, the monkey god decided to personally cross the border to send Shahida home.
However, the problems encountered are more and more numerous, more and more intractable, and any of these problems are a test of the depths of the soul for a devout Hindu or even a stubborn Brahmin.
However, the monkey god did it, he put aside the inner religious dispute, when he and Shahida woke up on the way to escape, found that they had entered the Halal Sect, and ran out with a cigarette.
But in order to escort Shahida, he not only accepted the fact that he was in the Halal Sect, but also put on the Halal clothes to escape the pursuit.
When he arrived in Shahida's country, he heard that there was a very spiritual temple, and Pawan decided to go over, and as long as Shahida could return home, he could go to any religious shrine and worship it.
Religion, a person's devout belief, has a somewhat repulsive mentality toward other sects, but in order to send Shahida home, the monkey god must let go of all the worries and restraints in his heart.
However, the deep-rooted hatred of India and Pakistan makes the Pakistani government personnel blindly see the good deeds of the monkey god and blindly insist that he is a spy.
In order to let Shahida return home safely, the monkey god took the initiative to dedicate himself to lure the police to pursue, so he was arrested.
The Contradiction between India and Pakistan is on full display when the officer gives the order to "torture until he admits to being an Indian spy", and the beauty of human nature is slowly unfolding.
The executioner ignored the instructions of his superiors and personally escorted the uncle home. Hundreds of Indian and Pakistani people gathered at the border to support the safe return of the Monkey Brothers to their native India.
So there is the scene with the largest number of people in the movie:
The uncle finally limped onto the land of the motherland, and Shahida, who could never speak, rushed through the crowd to the edge of the border iron net, shouting at the monkey god uncle with all his strength: "Uncle! Long live Rama! ”
The film ends at the moment when the monkey god throws Shahida with love.
In my opinion, the film not only stands a devout and kind Hindu character, but also does a great job of portraying little Lori Shahida, without a lot of tears, without deliberately selling misery, and the six-year-old Pakistani mute woman can inspire sympathy and maternal love in the audience from the beginning.
A little girl who lived in harmony with the natural beauty of nature, happy a shallow laugh, sweetened everyone, she was like the little boy in "The Lion", the little heart fluttered in the strange city and had nowhere to be placed.
As an Indian film, "Little Lori's Monkey God Uncle" inevitably adds two lengthy songs and dances, and the end of the part is extremely sensational, but the conflict between the beliefs of Hindus and Muslims sublimates the theme of the film.
The story is set against the backdrop of the contradictions between India and Pakistan, supplemented by many different human constraints on national sentiments, religious beliefs, and living customs, making the "road movie" of an ordinary little girl sending home become grand, moving, and tragic.
What pays attention to and can affect social reality are the literary and artistic works needed for social development and progress, and in this regard, India has it, South Korea also has it, and China still needs to work hard.
(The picture in the article comes from the Internet)
Ruiying Vanguard Editor | Tea Girl
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