Nasir is emphatically at the independent end of the spectrum, a gentle-paced and (mostly) low key affair from a self-taught filmmaker from an area far distant from his country’s main cultural hubs. Fatima is leaving for her hometown for 5 days. We simply cut to Nasir’s family, his wife Taj, the physically abled Iqbal and his Mother with poor health. Film preview In Tamil film ‘Nasir’, an ordinary life is upended by religious bigotry Arun Karthick’s award-winning feature has been adapted from a short story by Dilip Kumar. He has to scrimp to pay for his daily shopping, sometimes even missing meals. ‘Nasir’: Film Review A slice-of-life look at a Muslim fabric shop salesman in southern India, told with a deeply affecting humanism that beautifully draws out the man’s dignity. Candid portrait of a gentle man living a degrading, second-class existence as a Muslim in an India characterised by rising Hindu nationalism. His adopted son Iqbal has the body of an adult, but the mind and vulnerability of a toddler. https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/11/watch-nas-powerful-nasir-film Now we are on Telegram too. Arun Karthink's Nasir (2020) takes a nuanced look at the life living under religious and communal bigotry in just under 90-minutes run time. Nasir is a gentle man with a hard life. Nasir is a powerfully effective film about a subject that at first glance appears to be mundane: one day in the life of a man who works as a salesman at a fabric and sari shop.. For those who are unfamiliar with Indian politics, a little background is in order. Nasir is a quiet film, that doesn’t speak much but still manages to say a lot. His poetry and love for his wife keep him going, while toxic intolerance bubbles just below the surface of everyday life. There are markers of need and necessity, hints thrown about penury without elaborating on them. In spite of it all, Nasir remains optimistic. India has a population four times that of the United States. Nasir Movie Review: Arun Karthick’s Superb Second Feature, About A Coimbatore Muslim, Is A Political Film About An Apparently Apolitical Man The genius of the film is that — by shunning conventional cause-and-effect melodrama — its active "plot" about communalism gets relegated to the sidelines, and we focus on the individual. It’s no surprise that this film is resonating across the world. Nasir’s film is an intense story of our land told through an embrace of the cinematic language. The film opens with Adhan, the islamic call to prayer, eloquently establishing what it is setting out to do. 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