Mogul Mowgli - Flashcards
Who directed Mogul Mowgli and in what Bassam Tariq, 2020
year?
Who plays Zed/Zahir? Riz Ahmed
Who was the cinematographer? Summerson
What is a mogul? An Indian Muslim
Who is Mowgli? How does he link to the The jungle book character – he learns to
character of Zed? exist between two worlds (struggles with
his sense of belonging – as a human, or
animal in the jungle)
When was the partition of India? 1947
What happened in the partition of India? Britian divided India into:
- Hindu India
- Muslim Pakistan
How many people are estimated to have Over a million
died in the partition?
When is the Toba Tek Singh story set and - Set after the 1947 partition
what is it about? - Bishan Singh, a Sikh inmate of an
asylum in Lahore, is sent to India,
but upon being told that his
hometown Toba Tek Singh is now in
Pakistan, he refuses to go
- The story ends with Bishan lying
down in no man’s land
- It is a political satire that criticises
India and Pakistan’s political
system
What does Toba Tek Singh’s character - A character who stands between
represent? two lands and doesn’t belong in one
place
- Symbolises psychological trauma of
the human displacement brought
about by partition
What is Zed’s nationality? British-Pakistani
What is Zed’s career and where is it based? A rapper in New York
What is Bassam Tariq’s nationality? Where American – born in Pakistan, raised in
was he born and raised? America
What was Bassam Tariq’s first feature- ‘These Birds Walk’ (2013)
length documentary and what was it -> about children runaways in the streets of
about? Pakistan (a positive representation of
social issues – aesthetic, beauty in life)
Who directed Mogul Mowgli and in what Bassam Tariq, 2020
year?
Who plays Zed/Zahir? Riz Ahmed
Who was the cinematographer? Summerson
What is a mogul? An Indian Muslim
Who is Mowgli? How does he link to the The jungle book character – he learns to
character of Zed? exist between two worlds (struggles with
his sense of belonging – as a human, or
animal in the jungle)
When was the partition of India? 1947
What happened in the partition of India? Britian divided India into:
- Hindu India
- Muslim Pakistan
How many people are estimated to have Over a million
died in the partition?
When is the Toba Tek Singh story set and - Set after the 1947 partition
what is it about? - Bishan Singh, a Sikh inmate of an
asylum in Lahore, is sent to India,
but upon being told that his
hometown Toba Tek Singh is now in
Pakistan, he refuses to go
- The story ends with Bishan lying
down in no man’s land
- It is a political satire that criticises
India and Pakistan’s political
system
What does Toba Tek Singh’s character - A character who stands between
represent? two lands and doesn’t belong in one
place
- Symbolises psychological trauma of
the human displacement brought
about by partition
What is Zed’s nationality? British-Pakistani
What is Zed’s career and where is it based? A rapper in New York
What is Bassam Tariq’s nationality? Where American – born in Pakistan, raised in
was he born and raised? America
What was Bassam Tariq’s first feature- ‘These Birds Walk’ (2013)
length documentary and what was it -> about children runaways in the streets of
about? Pakistan (a positive representation of
social issues – aesthetic, beauty in life)
