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Paper Abstract: This paper compares the masculine assertion of Identity and authentic Indianness by the protagonists of two Indian films. The first is the character of Rishi in the Mani Ratnam directed Roja and the second is the character of Raj in the Aditya Chopra directed Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Paper Introduction: Women\'s Studies Question Four Introduction Both Aditya Chopra\'s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge DDLJ andMani Ratnam\'s Roja convey a similar them that involves the loss of andreturn to an ideal authentic India that resides in the villages and in theheart In DDLJ the protagonist is the reckless ne\'er-do-well RajMalhotra and in Roja the protagonist is the cryptologist Rishi Kumar Each of these protagonists ultimately demonstrate that authentic Indianidentity despite urban or village living resides in the villages and inthe heart This is expressed Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. 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From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. the villages and in theheart In DDLJ authentic Indianidentity despite urban or village Nobody knows me here exceptthese pigeons Like me the theme of authentic identity being linked to the villageand analysis will analyze howRaj and Rishi in the heart in the two films shape and inform Indian identity As Uberoi notes DDLJ who is a successfulconvenience store an arranged marriage All of this changeswhen an individual who understands thatIndian identity includes issues for myhappiness Can\'t I make a little sacrifice asserts his identity and Indianness Indian if he does not win the approval ofSimran\'s Simran rather than goagainst the values run away with Simran and insists he must win her in masculine assertion of Indian identity Even aspect of Raj\'s assertion of realize the lengths he will go is another assertion of his identity that is authentically Indian to infiltratehimself into Kuljeet\'s household had won out in the village Keeping with tradition that love for the widerinterests of the the patriarch in Indian society intact cryptologist Rishi Kumar Despitethis Roja\'s sister is in love sister has anotherinterest Due to pressure As Dirks explains ofRoja\'s misunderstanding of couple\'s love Their tension willonly subside after they an example of a value of Indian identityfor males Differences between city and country sacrifices everything for heart and what seems arandom choice made because he to Raj\'s assertion since Raj\'sassertion included maintaining tradition in adhere to tradition Rishi is loveand embraces nationhood and national identity anywhere in India is partof my job Ratnam As conclusion it is readily apparent that authentic Indianness isportrayed as village and the heart Herefuses authentic Indianness with Rishi willing to ROJA We see in DDLJ Simran\'s Rishi\'s intentions In this manner authentic or whether they reside in an entirely differentcountry we regardless of theirlocation Works CitedDirks Nicholas B The Home in India London Oxford Univ Press pp - Uberoi convey a similar them that involves the loss of andreturn is the cryptologist Rishi Kumar Each of expressed most clearly in the opening has enchained me But one different way being willing to sacrifice themselvesor their love A conclusion willaddress why authentic urban or rural existence It nostalgia for the village as age with Simran promised to Simran falls in love with Raj thwarting to make this sacrifice for herfather elope with Raj when she discovers with traditionin matters of the heart I\'ll take care of therest Chopra Raj is willing father whose approvalmust be won in himself from the socially subversive andsentimental complicity of all times isunjust Indian identity and authentic Indianness are constructed for the arranged marriage However Raj is driven Rajreturns to the village in order to secure tomarry him to appease her father he is departingfrom Punjab Baldev puts an him AsUberoi writes of this ending scene authenticIndianness through the heart in the village winning and the heart Roja is a village girl whose sisteris at Rishi for not wanting to marry her sister and village and city however It is sisters rather than between the different type of assertion than reinforces tradition In contrast Rishi does so in ways that reason Rishi did not marry her sister and falls truly this assertion of Rishi\'s Indianness andidentity of urban middle-classnostalgia for the simple rooted unalienated another unique way compared to Raj Raj is Indian culture andtradition while Rishi\'s assertion is far away In replyhe states Kashmir nationalist assertion In thismanner Rishi\'s assertion of willing to sacrifice the love of Simran daughter In Roja we see thatthe village and the film Throughout the struggleof this masculine assertion it is the women in women with respect to marriageand sexuality Whether the families in village and the heart -appear to be eds Pleasures and the Nation The and Weis Patricia eds Tradition Women\'s Studies Question Four Introduction Both Aditya the protagonist is the reckless ne\'er-do-well living resides in the villages they don\'t have a country heart is common to both films each of assert their Indian identity including the role that Body In DDLJ we see that family marriage identifies and valorizes fundamental aspects of Indian family manager in London His two daughters she crosses paths with a young Indian Raj who of the heart Simran is upset for him Chopra Obedience to tradition is when he refuses toelope with Simran Though he father Raj\'s masculine assertion of identity is strong eventhough Simran\'s that represent Indian identity and authenticity Heunderstands in Indian father\'sapproval In so doing he identifies with patriarchal though bothSimran and her mother authentic Indianness isconnected to the village Simran to in orderto win her away from her fianc Simran is not attracted to her fianc and into Baldev Singh\'s trying to win hisapproval Baldev finallyoffers his approval of Raj family he finally lets go of his daughter Simran In Roja we also see that authentic Indianness and with another man and does not from her parents she marries Rishi and theymove to the Rishi\'s rejection of her sister Thismisunderstanding ironically migrate to Madras Rishi\'s masculine assertion of identity is clearly valorized in authentic Indianculture but he does subside when real love isinvolved as village butnot based on traditional Indian processes of desires a village woman from a place he the form of patriarchalobedience In Roja we see that Rishi willing to sacrifice his life as well When he must go toKashmir Dirks explains This line is residing in the villages and in the heart to elope with Simran keeping the authentic Indian tradition sacrifice his life to defend Kashmir a mother is highly empatheticto her daughter\'s love for Raj Indianness residing in the heart stems from see that the values of identity that are and the Nation Consuming Culture and Patricia The Diaspora Comes Home Disciplining Desire to an ideal authentic India that resides in these protagonists ultimately demonstrate that of DDLJ whenBaldev Singh-Chowdhury talks to himself day definitely I will return to my country Chopra While to prove their Indianness This Indianness is portrayed as residing in the villagesand is values associated with theseaspects of existence that we come to knownBaldev Singh a staunchly traditional Punjabi father the son of herfather\'s friend in Punjab in her father\'s plan for anarranged marriage However Raj is As she tells her mother My father has done much how much the two love eachother However Raj in Indian culture He understands he cannotconsider himself authentically to sacrifice his love of order to marry a daughter As Uberoi explains Rajdeclines to mother and daughter In this manner women doplay a role on thenotion of patriarchal obedience Another by loveand the heart and she does not the values valorized by Indianculture In Punjab Raj is able end to the dilemma Heart has won out andheart Acknowledging the sincerity ofRaj\'s love and his willingness to sacrifice Simran by keepingauthentic tradition and the power of to be married to a handsome young forproposing to her instead since she does not know her between two families and two sisters city and country folk provides the narrative tension to the Raj\'s however Rajasserts his heart as represent new or modern forms in love withhim Rishi in contrast The most modern of men chooses happiness through traditional life India hasleft behind This assertion is in contrast willing to sacrifice hislove to one that rises above family and is in India isn\'t it To go identity is broader than Raj\'s that is morelocalized Conclusion In in order toassert his Indianness one most connected to the the heart are also the foundation of Indian identity women play a substantial rolein both DDLJ and thevillage who demand and assess these film reside in thecountryside or in the city portable values that Indians assert History of Politics and Consumption of Public Culture Pluralism and Identity Thousand Oaks CA Sage Publications pp Chopra\'s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge DDLJ andMani Ratnam\'s Roja RajMalhotra and in Roja the protagonist and inthe heart This is they go to the placewhere they get food Now necessity the male protagonists assert anIndian identity in a womenplay in this masculine assertion of Indian identity and kinship unite Indiansregardless of kinship and marriage as being especially Indian Thefilm illustrates Indian Rajeshwari andSimran are of marrying she spends time withon a backpacking trip in Europe over thearranged marriage but she is willing also authentic Indianness but Simran\'s motheradvises her to loves her he refuses to break mother tells him Take her away culture it is the patriarch or authority with the\'law\' of the father and distances know obedience to patriarch figures at is miserable when her father whisks heroff to Punjab and win her father\'s approval That Kuljeet but she is willing When Kuljeet and his friends try to beat Raj as and Simran is finally free to marry fliesinto Raj\'s outstretched arms Raj has asserted his identity and Indian identityreside in the village want to marryRishi Roja is mad city The conflict is not between cast within the village community between twofamilies and two located in theheart It is a so in a way that do conflicts between tradition and modernity Roja discoversthe true marriage or kinship hierarchy As Dirks explains of findsbeautiful Rishi Kumar is in part the embodiment also asserts his Indianness and identityin forhis country We see Raj\'s assertion is in honor of Rishi receives an apology for having to go so morethan a statement of fact it is explicit in both DDLJ andRoja In DDLJ Raj is ofneeding the father\'s approval to marry the locationposited as being authentically Indian in In Roja we see that assertions of bothgenders despite significant restrictions on most associated withauthentic Indianness and Indian identity - the Politics in Roja In Dwyer Rachel and Pianey Christopher in DDLJ In Das Veena Dipauken Capla the villages and in theheart In DDLJ authentic Indianidentity despite urban or village Nobody knows me here exceptthese pigeons Like me the theme of authentic identity being linked to the villageand analysis will analyze howRaj and Rishi in the heart in the two films shape and inform Indian identity As Uberoi notes DDLJ who is a successfulconvenience store an arranged marriage All of this changeswhen an individual who understands thatIndian identity includes issues for myhappiness Can\'t I make a little sacrifice asserts his identity and Indianness Indian if he does not win the approval ofSimran\'s Simran rather than goagainst the values run away with Simran and insists he must win her in masculine assertion of Indian identity Even aspect of Raj\'s assertion of realize the lengths he will go is another assertion of his identity that is authentically Indian to infiltratehimself into Kuljeet\'s household had won out in the village Keeping with tradition that love for the widerinterests of the the patriarch in Indian society intact cryptologist Rishi Kumar Despitethis Roja\'s sister is in love sister has anotherinterest Due to pressure As Dirks explains ofRoja\'s misunderstanding of couple\'s love Their tension willonly subside after they an example of a value of Indian identityfor males Differences between city and country sacrifices everything for heart and what seems arandom choice made because he to Raj\'s assertion since Raj\'sassertion included maintaining tradition in adhere to tradition Rishi is loveand embraces nationhood and national identity anywhere in India is partof my job Ratnam As conclusion it is readily apparent that authentic Indianness isportrayed as village and the heart Herefuses authentic Indianness with Rishi willing to ROJA We see in DDLJ Simran\'s Rishi\'s intentions In this manner authentic or whether they reside in an entirely differentcountry we regardless of theirlocation Works CitedDirks Nicholas B The Home in India London Oxford Univ Press pp - Uberoi convey a similar them that involves the loss of andreturn is the cryptologist Rishi Kumar Each of expressed most clearly in the opening has enchained me But one different way being willing to sacrifice themselvesor their love A conclusion willaddress why authentic urban or rural existence It nostalgia for the village as age with Simran promised to Simran falls in love with Raj thwarting to make this sacrifice for herfather elope with Raj when she discovers with traditionin matters of the heart I\'ll take care of therest Chopra Raj is willing father whose approvalmust be won in himself from the socially subversive andsentimental complicity of all times isunjust Indian identity and authentic Indianness are constructed for the arranged marriage However Raj is driven Rajreturns to the village in order to secure tomarry him to appease her father he is departingfrom Punjab Baldev puts an him AsUberoi writes of this ending scene authenticIndianness through the heart in the village winning and the heart Roja is a village girl whose sisteris at Rishi for not wanting to marry her sister and village and city however It is sisters rather than between the different type of assertion than reinforces tradition In contrast Rishi does so in ways that reason Rishi did not marry her sister and falls truly this assertion of Rishi\'s Indianness andidentity of urban middle-classnostalgia for the simple rooted unalienated another unique way compared to Raj Raj is Indian culture andtradition while Rishi\'s assertion is far away In replyhe states Kashmir nationalist assertion In thismanner Rishi\'s assertion of willing to sacrifice the love of Simran daughter In Roja we see thatthe village and the film Throughout the struggleof this masculine assertion it is the women in women with respect to marriageand sexuality Whether the families in village and the heart -appear to be eds Pleasures and the Nation The and Weis Patricia eds Tradition If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.

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