Re: [GRN] Indian cinema and Vasco de Gama

[John de Figueiredo]

“The colonizer … presents the colonized as savage and ignorant”. Assuming that “colonizer” refers to Europeans or their descendants: what would make Afonso de Albuquerque say that Goan carpenters were better than those from Germany? And Garcia d’Orta refer to Hindu physicians as “great scholars”? And Tomas Ribeiro praise the Goan talent for literature? And Cunha Rivara and Garces Palha encourage Goans to study their language? And Osorio Castro establish a Museum of Hindu Art and Archaeology in Velha Goa (Old Goa)? And Ferreira Martins translate Tagore’s poetry? And Cristóvão Aires find inspiration in Indian epics? With all due respect, in the case of Goa at least, such generalizations are not helpful. John M. de Figueiredo  Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2024, at 11:57 PM, 'Pedro Mascarenhas' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> wrote:  Urumi : The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama, is a 2011 Indian Malayalam Language epic historical drama film. Urumi is a double-edged, long and narrow flexible sword-like weapon that is fixed to the combatant´s waist like belt. The film is set in the early 16th century, when the Portuguese dominated the Indian Ocean. The story follows Murikkancheri Kelu , seeking to avenge the death of his father at the hands of the portuguese colonizers. The plot also incorporates such historical figures as Estêvão da Gama and Vasco da Gama. This film marks the debut of Genelia D'Souza in Malayalam Cinema.   Award, Imagineindia Internacional Film Festival Madrid : best film e best director. As in many indian films, there are hyperbolic scenes, but the objective was to instill in Indian viewers a vision of what the colonial empire was, beyond what appears in school textbooks. It was viewed by millions of speakers of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. The story cannot always be Eurocentric, but must contain the point of view of the colonized. The colonizer boasts of heroic deeds on a grand scale and presents the colonized as savage and ignorant. This film demonstrated to millions of Indian viewers what the invader was made of.   In this long video Vasco appears in the 16th minutes  and one can hear words spoken in Portuguese.    Urumi Tamil Full Movie | Prithviraj | Prabhu Deva | Santosh Sivan | Arya | Genelia | Vidya Balan Urumi Tamil Full Movie | Prithviraj | Prabhu Deva | Santosh Sivan | Arya...   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1268861778.8417750.1719313148539%40mail.yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/54C8FECC-310C-46B3-B7CE-70B930C87AF1%40sbcglobal.net.