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rdubey
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Maya (2001)
Unrealistic, manipulative and offensive
I was totally stunned by the movie. The story is so unrealistic and it seems that it was made to cater to that section of western audience who want to see and believe that a lot of shady rituals go on in the "mysterious" Indian culture. To prove my point I will like to rationally explain a few things. I will first of all ask anyone really interested to go ahead and watch this movie and then think about the following points. 1) In India, which is a very conservative country, the virginity of a girl in highly valued. So can you believe that parents themselves would ask a priest to rape their child daughter? The answer is No. Having said that some rare cases of child abuse do take place but to depict by a movie that these rituals are a norm in India is totally false and offensive. 2) To make the western audience understand this point I will like them to suppose that a movie is made about child abuse in church where it is shown that the parents themselves take their child to a priest and request him to rape their child. How appalled and offended would you feel after seeing such a movie? Although child abuse in church is not that rare but do you think it would justify making such a stupid movie.
I am from India and know the culture over there very well and I am appalled to see that many people find this movie to be an "eyeopener and awesome". In my opinion this is a very manipulative movie. In-spite of having wonderful actors and good cinematography the story of the movie is downright irrational and offensive to a person who knows the Indian values and the truth.