By TCN News,
Mumbai: Films like Garm Hawa that offer a unique perspective on partition are of particular relevance today, given the current Indian regime that is characterised by a communal and fundamentalist outlook, noted film director MS Sathyu told Teesta Setalvad in this week’s special interview of Communalism Combat on Hilletv and Sabrang.com.
his interview is one of a series Audio-Visual interviews, jointly produced by Communalism Combat (www.sabrang.com) and www.hillele.org
Speaking on the occasion of the re-release of the award winning film, Garm Haw that showcased the trauma and violence of partition through the plight of those Muslims who opted to stay behind, Sathyu spoke at length along with colleague and fellow traveller Shama Zaidi who is also the co-scriptwriter of the film
Questions on the ‘nationalism’ and ‘patriotism’ of Indian Muslims, the attendant discrimination in access to livelihood and enforced ghettoization and segregation echo through the powerful depiction, showcasing present day realities for Indian minorities that have in no way lessoned, 67 years after Independence and Partition. Salim Mirza (played by Balraj Sahni who died the day after the last day of dubbing for the film was complete) says with conviction, ”Gandhiki ki shahadat ke baad koi khoon kharaba nahin hoga”, words that mock the reality that is today
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