Political talk. You stated “The colonizer … presents the colonized as savage and ignorant”. My point is that this blanket condemnation and generalization may please the galleries but it is historically incorrect when we are talking about the history of Goa. This is assuming that Goa was a colony of Portugal, a concept that is highly debatable. John M. de Figueiredo Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2024, at 10:15 AM, 'Pedro Mascarenhas' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> wrote:
John
URUMI, was a huge success and was seen by millions who got an idea of the history of the past. I have now learned that the film was shown in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Canada, UK and others. The names Rivara, etc. that you mentioned are a drop in the ocean. You should have mentioned the thousands of racists, exploiters, slavers, entire villages massacred, criminal exiles sent to the colonies, the bloodthirsty political police (PIDE/DGS), the xenophobic mestiços or descendentes, etc. “Colonization itself” is an aberration.
For this reason, all colonized peoples fought relentlessly and the statues of false heroes were torn down. We must not forget that the Portuguese people also suffered a lot.
On Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 07:09:34 AM GMT+1, John de Figueiredo < [email protected]> wrote:
“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 <[email protected]> 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
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