There has been different issues relating
borders as we usually think of borders as geographical lines dividers
that have some kind of physical presence or political meaning.There are various
ways of approaching borders of identity, community,barriers,vision ,
negotiating borders and frontiers as critical reading across borders , language
,texts , movies , stories of self and home, identity,past and
present,living fictions and multiple identities , belonging and
alienation, other and different in living in a locality all relate
with border analysis.
The geographical concept of border as first
developed in the 19th Century envisages borders as physical and visible lines
of separation between political, social and economic spaces, often charged with
nationalistic energy.Translation further complicates the concept of border. In
some languages the border is a broader concept than the English word border,
including the idea of limit, limitation or also of frontier.Borders can have
political, historical, ethical, psychological and artistic implications and
connotations.
What is emergent is a notion of ‘Critical
Regionalism’ a culture of re-imagined solidarities with inflected
manifestations of global without effacement of the local or national.Film
technology, developed in the capitalist centre, arrived in India during
colonial rule. It was part of a movement to promote indigenous enterprise and
thus the idea of ‘Indian cinema’ was conceived.
The technology did not arrive in a vacuum, there
was a certain cultural, political and social field from which some people,
encountering a new technology of representation, devised ways of putting it to
uses that was in consonance with prevalent values.The nation as a problematic
is a constantly reworked category. It acquires new forms to express new
temporal and spatial configuration,new dynamics of power and economic exchange
and this is evident in films trying to encompass contemporary experience via
overt allegorical strategies.
Nation is crucial for the schematization of not
only political issues but also private lifestyles.Film as a popular medium
emerged at a time when nationalism was one of the major political forces that
shaped the destiny of Europe and America. And film history in the first half of
the twentieth century was intimately linked with expression of national
identity and competition among them. The power of cinematic text is discernibly
ideological and as a conduit of political communication films have been a
veritable space for cultural and political identity.
Korean border actually runs through the buildings
where the two sides meet. It even runs right down the middle of the conference
table so the sides can stay on their half. The DMZ has evolved into a dual
purpose barrier. Initially its sole purpose was to protect each side from
invasion, but as conditions in North Korea got worse the North beefed-up
security on their side to ensure defectors wouldn’t be able to
cross.
The Melilla barrier is approximately
seven miles long, and the Cueta approximately five. They’re easily monitored
and patrolled, and both are lit up constantly at night. The European
Union aided in the funding in the hope that it would deter illegal activity.
Both have so far proven to be effective barriers, but they’ve increased
tensions with Morocco.
All along the Maginot Line they built an
elaborate series of bunkers, vehicle traps, guard towers and other
fortifications strategically placed to make an invasion from the powerful
German military very difficult.
The Berlin Wall is West Berlin became a
democratic enclave surrounded completely by communist East Germany. Between
1945 and 1961 there was no physical boundary between the two sections. West
Berlin had been rebuilt into a thriving modern metropolis, while East Berlin
was drab and still full of ruins from the war.
Hadrain Wall is constructed a wall approximately 80 miles long from
the North Sea to the Irish Sea. so it was primarily constructed from stone and
earthen mounds. There were garrisons and outposts strategically placed along
the route.
Australian Rabbit Fence, a nearly 1200 mile fence was
built in the early 1900s. Virtually the entire length of the fence runs through
uninhabited areas.In the late 1800s, someone had the brilliant idea of bringing
rabbits to the country and production of those rabbits in fenced areas
was necessary for income.
Israel wall ,in urban areas a concrete wall stands as high as
26 feet. In rural areas it’s mainly a 10 foot high chain link fence topped with
razor wire.Many have compared it to a new version of the Berlin Wall.
Chinese Wall ,the most famous section runs through the town of
Jinshanling, where it’s been completely restored to its original state. This is
its closest point to Beijing, making it a popular tourist destination.
USA Mexico Wall , a fence along the border with Mexico to curb
illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Bear in mind this is a nearly 2000 mile
border, most of which is rural desert.
German Border ,this was the barrier that separated East Germany
from West Germany. All along these fence lines were towers staffed with guards
trained to shoot on site. The final fence was about 100 feet from the actual
border, meaning that if you were fortunate enough to get past all those
fortifications guards could still shoot you before you reached the actual
demarcation line.
I just remember ,Actor Salman Khan, whose film Tubelight
is set against the backdrop of the 1962 Sino-Indian war, spoke about the
futility of wars , with hope that violence between nations could stop if
those who order war are sent to the battle front.
Borders on being insensitive,disability’ on the
screen in a half-hearted, caricaturist manner,in Bollywood,the disabled is
either stereotypical or patronising, or they have used them as objects of pity,
comic interludes, liabilities, medical aberrations, or burden etc dealt in
Kalki Koechlin’s Margarita With A Straw.
Sanjeev Kumar, Koshish, also starring Jaya Bhaduri,
depicts the life of a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, their pain and
struggle to survive in a rather insensitive society. What keeps them
going is their constant struggle and their persistence as they negotiate some
of life’s greatest challenges, never giving up hope.
Sparsh,deals with the lives and feelings of other
blind children of the school. Sparsh refers to the sensation and feeling of
touch upon which blind people rely in the absence of sight.The film remains
most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads, plus the handling of the
issue of relationships with the visually handicapped, revealing the emotional
and perception divide between the world, the "blind" and the
"sighted", epitomized by the characters.
Sadma,The film is the st.ory of Nehalata (Sridevi),
a young woman who regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car
crash. Lost, she ends up trapped in a brothel before being rescued.
Khamoshi, the story is about Joseph (Nana Patekar)
and Flavy Braganza (Seema Biswas), a deaf and mute couple in Goa.
Nuclear-armed and arch rivals, Hindu-majority India
and Muslim-majority Pakistan have fought four wars but have many common
cultural characteristics, including shared languages. In their spoken forms,
India’s Hindi and Pakistan’s Urdu are practically identical.
Screening Bollywood films in Pakistan was
first banned outright after its 1965 war with India.As a result, the Urdu film
industry gradually died out by the 1980s.The ban continued until 2007, when it
was lifted by military dictator General Pervez Musharraf, as a result of a
period of detente in relations between India and Pakistan.
Tere Bin Laden was banned in Pakistan
because it dealt with the controversial issue of slain Al-Qaeda head Osama
Bin Laden and hit them where it hurts the most. The light-hearted movie was
accused of containing vulgar and objectionable dialogues, abuses and derogatory
remarks and was also labelled as anti-law enforcing agencies of Pakistan..
Khiladi 786's poster was launched in Pakistan, it immediately led
to the banning of the film because of the religious significance of numerals
'786' among Muslims.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan saw Shah Rukh Khan play an army officer in the
Indian Army’s bomb disposal squad.The movie got banned owing to certain
dialogues which hinted at the Pak army.
Ek Tha Tiger,the plot of the movie dealt with altercations
between the intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan i.e RAW and ISI
respectively. No wonder, the Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif-starrer spy
flick was declared 'problematic' and put on indefinite hold in
Pakistan.
Agent Vinod got banned just days before its
scheduled release owing to its plot which established Pakistan's ISI as the
anti-India element.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is an inspiring tale of a common
man who rises above all odds to fulfill his dreams and goes on to be known as
the 'Flying Sikh of India',it travels through the troubled past of
India-Pakistan partition ,which ultimately led to the banning of the film.
Issues of Border are not limited to geography only
,it also deals with frontier and negotiating borders and different Bollywood
movies often portray the real scenerio of such issues and narrate the trauma in
realistic way and which leads a clear vision of borders with multiple
perspectives to have broader analysis of the same issue .
