Just watched a Mira Nair film called 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', based on a book written by a Pakistan born author about the changes in American sentiment post 9/11.
While a love story, its part political drama laced with sharp acting from an international cast of renowned and some relatively young actors.
The theme of the movie revolves around the aspirations of a once well to do Pakistani kid that wants to restore his family and himself to the status they lost to shifts in culture in his native Pakistan.
He chooses to find that dream like many migrants in the USA. As he ascends the corporate ladder with his innate financial acumen, he also is shown reflecting on what he is slowly giving up in intangible terms.
Capitalism is a multi faceted temptress and the protagonist is clearly sucked in to its eddies. He realizes that color of skin after all gets thumped under the bureaucratic weight when it comes to him being typecast as a threat in America.
Human condition is a mystery no matter what part of the planet you are on and there are no right or wrong people just degrees of trust.
An intriguing story it's well delivered in a couple of hours with medley of Kauali music and other fusion music scores as background to the back and forth timeline along with a brief tour of the globe.
While a love story, its part political drama laced with sharp acting from an international cast of renowned and some relatively young actors.
The theme of the movie revolves around the aspirations of a once well to do Pakistani kid that wants to restore his family and himself to the status they lost to shifts in culture in his native Pakistan.
He chooses to find that dream like many migrants in the USA. As he ascends the corporate ladder with his innate financial acumen, he also is shown reflecting on what he is slowly giving up in intangible terms.
Capitalism is a multi faceted temptress and the protagonist is clearly sucked in to its eddies. He realizes that color of skin after all gets thumped under the bureaucratic weight when it comes to him being typecast as a threat in America.
Human condition is a mystery no matter what part of the planet you are on and there are no right or wrong people just degrees of trust.
An intriguing story it's well delivered in a couple of hours with medley of Kauali music and other fusion music scores as background to the back and forth timeline along with a brief tour of the globe.
Erik Erksson, a psychologist, had proposed seven stages (I think) of a child's development. One of these was Trust versus Mistrust, where he leans towards one of these. Governments may also have something of that type where they typecast/mistrust whole countries/communities/ways of thinking
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