Sunday, April 27, 2008

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham a movie of numbers of Genre


Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in English, which means some times happiness and some times sorrow, this popular bollywood movie, released last 2001। The story and plot of the film is not different from other hindi masala movies, but for some technical and making variation make it difference from others। This was second movie directed by Koron Zohor and bollywood blockbuster character took part in this movie, like Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Joya Bachachachan, Kajol, Rani Mukharzee, Hrittik Roshon and Karena Kapoor। It was the highest grossing Indian film overseas until 2006. It climbed up to 3rd place in the British box office within two weeks of release, and maintained its place for over 3 weeks. The film was also thought to have broken the American Box Office Top 10, but this remains uncertain due to a lack of confirmed figures from the distributors.

Generally, what we see in the bollywood movie, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham is not different from others. It's social and family traditional movie. Shahrukh Khan was adopt by Bachchan family, who is a renowned business personalities, but he was loved by the family more than their own child Hrittik. However, Shahrukh fall in love with Kajol who represent the middle class society. From than a family contradiction occurs, shahrukh married to Kajol wothout permission of family and leave for London. After end of 10 years long study in boarding younger brother Hrittik back home and found elder brother is not in the house. Therefore, this younger brother took initiative to mutual the whole contradiction. However, this is the common story of Indian subcontinent life style. However, the way the director present the whole story makes the difference.

As a sorrowful and touchy story, we see the producer invest huge money to bring the real scenario. Lights, sounds and sequence of presenting the story line up were attractive. We see in hindi masala movies directors are concuss on make up and dress up. When the story was telling in India than the directors tried to bring up the traditional arrangement of Indian subcontinent and when it was in UK than he tries to bring the real scenario of western world. The genre of Social Drama figured prominently right from the beginning of Indian cinema. Film Kabhi khushi Kabhi Gham represent this genre. Romance and eroticism have always plays a vital role in Indian movie. Here in this movie we see different sort of presenting of love. In social bond and relationship, mom and dad always play as key role and guardian of the family. The social norm and values were in the movie. Dance and song in the hindi movie always plays a vital role and set designer try to bring traditional way.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Feminism in Bangladesh: A Success Story




Feminism this term refers to comprise number of social, cultural and political movements and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities, and equal rights for women। History of the feminism is not that much ancient even in the perspective of world history। The social movement for gender equality was started from later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, another successful movement was started from 1960s and 1970s led former prime minister of India Indira Gandhi first ever female PM of the world. And another extends from the 1990s to the present, where women are mostly successful in their movement.




Considering feminism history of world we easily find feminism history of Bangladesh is latest. But it was lead by one of the greatest female of Bangladesh; Begum Rokeya Shakhwat Hossain started the movement before liberation war with the inspiration of his husband Shakhwat Hossain. As Bangladesh is considered as Muslim country, showing the limitation of religion male tried to bind restriction on women. They had no easy access to outer side of the house, they were discourage in education even they didn't get proper respect from family. Begum Rokeya frist took attempt to break the tradition, she was successful to understand society that female education is must for betterment of the society and wrote a number of books for women, that was first social movement of female to increase education rate of female, which was started later 50s. After period of time a number of women also started to join the movement. Sufia Kamal, Zahanra Imam was some popular name in the movement. Even in the language movement in 1952 there was huge contribution of female students, especially Eden Women College and Dhaka University female students also took part in the procession.
In Bangladesh Liberation war there was huge contribution of women they even took part in the war.

After liberation war female also started feminism to get their respect in every part of the society. Politically and socially they started a huge procession in getting gender equality. First achievement of female could be consider in 1990, when BNP lead by Begum Khaleda Zia, a popular female politician of the country won National election and Khaleda was appointed as first ever female PM of the country. During her period BNP tried to introduce a number of new laws for female, reserve seats in the Parliament to increase education rate of female, secondary and higher secondary level female education was free of cost even they got some bonus in every month too. Later on both Hasina and Khaleda tried to continue the movement. But there was huge demand from women to get equal property from father; at last this care-taker government takes some initiative to implement the law.

But still there are some limitations, still female are facing inequality in various sector of the society. who knows once upon a time the situation definitely will increase.