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Film Analysis: Bend It Like Becham

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Name Rakhshinda Shakir
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Bend it like Becham
I am analyzing part five of the movie “ Bend it like Becham”. Pinky’s in laws sees Jess with Jule’s on the bus station showing affability to each other. They misjudge Jess displaying affection to the white boy publically. In addition, the family comes and talks to Jess family and her sister’s wedding is called off . The coach comes and the conversation starts between the coach and Jess father requesting to allow her participate in the national team. Why does Indian attidude towards British culture is unwilling to adopt in new generation and what are the communication standards expected from the rest of the family members when speaking to the head of family and despite of sticking to their own Indian culture to what extent different types of hybridity is shown been practiced in the movie. The first way this 4 minutes scene from the movie shows strong reluctance towards other cultre is calling off Pinky’s weeding when …show more content…

When Jess tells that she wasn’t with any boy but with her friend no one bleived her. Her father then asks her to swear on baba g who is a relegious character in Indian hindu culture. She swears on baba g and ever one believed her. We can see from the scene that her mothers says “ these english girls with short hair” it means when Jess confronted baba g and swared on his name her family members did trust her that she was not with any boy but with short hair girl friend of her. From this scene we can say baba g is a strong character who the family gives devotion. Even though Jess being a second generation linguistically and culturally much closer to the British still accepts the ritual beliefs of her family. More over, it can be analyzed that Jess is trying to adapt to religion by keeping all other values to a modern approach and she is in contact with original homeland and traditions of her parents

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