modern.fakir
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Sharmeen Obaid in Need of ‘Face Saving"
Hailed for her Oscar award by the government and the media alike and earning an international stature for highlighting an ugly section of the Pakistani society, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has today, shown the gap in her personal moral strength. The very girl who was used in her ‘Face Saving’ to bring about the global audience, a maligned face of Pakistani culture, Ruksana bibi has recent reported in a mainstream newspaper that Sharmeen, who had promised her rupees 3 million, a 5 marla house in Multan and free surgery, has constantly delayed the matter. Ruksana bibi says that as a fruit of working in the movie she has lost the support of her parents and clan; she has been left alone by all her acquaintances and the situation has eventuated in Chinoy’s refusal to meet her due to her busy international schedule.
Chinoy, who started her career with New York Times Television in 2002, has produced about 12 films, many of which have been award winning, in her short career. All her films, bring to broad light, the dirty face of the 3rd world Muslim countries. She produced ‘Terror’s Children’ a film about Afgan refugee children, ‘Reinventing the Taliban’ in 2003, ‘Women of the Holy Kingdom’ in 2005, ‘Pakistan’s double game’ 2005, ‘Lifting the veil’ 2007, ‘Children of Taliban’ 2010; all depicting the plight of women and children in the Muslim cultures, giving legitimacy, in the mainstream media, to the global war on terror that is based on the slogans of ‘bringing democracy’ and ‘delivering the women’.
It doesn’t take a lot of guessing, that the shower of awards and acclamation is not for a Pakistani producer but a US/UK based filmmaker, trained and funded by them, to produce what matches their agenda.
We are sure for a thriving career for Sharmeen in the future. Oscar may just be a milestone on her path; she can aim for the Nobel prize after Obama. Her foreign mentors are the guarantee of success for all her projects.
We are concerned only for the double-jeopardy that Ruksana bibi is facing now. ‘Face Saving’ proved unable to save face for Pakistan; for Ruksana bibi, she had to face trauma after trauma; even for Sharmeen it is proving to be difficult to save her face in this situation. The Acid Survivors Foundation has said on behalf of Sharmeen that the promises could not be fulfilled because of Ruksana bibi’s family members who have insisted that they be paid everything in cash; the question is that how does Sharmeen stand up to save the face of these women when she is finding herself intimidated by the pressure of Ruksana bibi’s family, does she not know how Ruksana bibi can get legal protection.
Hailed for her Oscar award by the government and the media alike and earning an international stature for highlighting an ugly section of the Pakistani society, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has today, shown the gap in her personal moral strength. The very girl who was used in her ‘Face Saving’ to bring about the global audience, a maligned face of Pakistani culture, Ruksana bibi has recent reported in a mainstream newspaper that Sharmeen, who had promised her rupees 3 million, a 5 marla house in Multan and free surgery, has constantly delayed the matter. Ruksana bibi says that as a fruit of working in the movie she has lost the support of her parents and clan; she has been left alone by all her acquaintances and the situation has eventuated in Chinoy’s refusal to meet her due to her busy international schedule.
Chinoy, who started her career with New York Times Television in 2002, has produced about 12 films, many of which have been award winning, in her short career. All her films, bring to broad light, the dirty face of the 3rd world Muslim countries. She produced ‘Terror’s Children’ a film about Afgan refugee children, ‘Reinventing the Taliban’ in 2003, ‘Women of the Holy Kingdom’ in 2005, ‘Pakistan’s double game’ 2005, ‘Lifting the veil’ 2007, ‘Children of Taliban’ 2010; all depicting the plight of women and children in the Muslim cultures, giving legitimacy, in the mainstream media, to the global war on terror that is based on the slogans of ‘bringing democracy’ and ‘delivering the women’.
It doesn’t take a lot of guessing, that the shower of awards and acclamation is not for a Pakistani producer but a US/UK based filmmaker, trained and funded by them, to produce what matches their agenda.
We are sure for a thriving career for Sharmeen in the future. Oscar may just be a milestone on her path; she can aim for the Nobel prize after Obama. Her foreign mentors are the guarantee of success for all her projects.
We are concerned only for the double-jeopardy that Ruksana bibi is facing now. ‘Face Saving’ proved unable to save face for Pakistan; for Ruksana bibi, she had to face trauma after trauma; even for Sharmeen it is proving to be difficult to save her face in this situation. The Acid Survivors Foundation has said on behalf of Sharmeen that the promises could not be fulfilled because of Ruksana bibi’s family members who have insisted that they be paid everything in cash; the question is that how does Sharmeen stand up to save the face of these women when she is finding herself intimidated by the pressure of Ruksana bibi’s family, does she not know how Ruksana bibi can get legal protection.
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