MARY KOM

                                                                

MARY KOM

                  

              I don’t know much more about the technical side of the film and I am not the person to tell about such elements of film Mary kom directed by Omung Kumar. But as a viewer I like the visualization of life of Mc Mary Kom. The movie presents a strong woman. Deferring the analysis of film as sports film, I would like to look it as a story of a strong woman. Such women centric film changes the trends in our society and brings the new messages such as woman in India have the freedom to choose irrespective of what rules and norms society asserts on them.

            

          The film passed through the life of India’s best known boxing champion Mary Kom, played by Priyanka chopra. The real life story of Mary kom from a remote village in Manipur Defined there were disturbance to become a boxer in such a social condition. We can just imagine that how women were treated in such a remote area. But her struggle, passion, hard work, and dedication made her victor.

                 Mary Kom defeated the deception among some people including her father that boxing is not the business of women besides she had to face obstacles in her way only because of being a woman. Several scenes in the film presents this; the attitude of sports federation to the female players and reproach of her father. She went to gym without informing her father and he knew this when he saw the report in the newspaper. Though she have won her father never ready to accept his daughter to become a boxer.

            

                Her never ending passion and never-say die attitude is beyond comparison. Mary kom, as a person is more questioned In front of her father while he asked whether she want her father or boxing. At that time she had won the state championship. But her father’s conventional aspects blurred the glory of her victory. He neither appreciated nor supported her. But she had no complaint at all and chose boxing instead of father. This desire and dedication paved her path to the top. She asked the coach to teach her boxing. But he asked five reasons for why he should teach her boxing. She said five times ‘I love boxing ‘Passion is the reason’. There is no other reason to strengthen a person in his/her career. The more we love it the more we attain it.

                     

               Another thing is inequity of sports federation in protecting players. Mary Kom depicts the troubles of female players in the sports field Mary Kom protested against this injustice. At the state level competition itself there we can see this kind of discriminations. In an interview Mary Kom took the view that Girls just have to get the chance and opportunity and they will top every field not only sports. It is not the lack of talent we have few champions in India from a huge population, but lack of facility to promote that talent. She said that all of the players love their country and that is why they give their best in every competition. But federation Warmed Mary instead of taking further step when they saw he interview. They reminded Mary to focus on her boxing. The girl players even have no right to say their opinion.

                       But it cannot deny the role of Mary Kom’s husband, Onler Kom making her top. The film also tell us is that an Indian man can be supportive of his wife’s career. Onler is a foot ball player. He has his own practice and all that. At the same time he knows about the passion and talent of his wife. So that he encouraged her to comeback to her boxing career, even after she gave birth to twins. Onler increased her confidence and again she joined gym and did work hard and finally won. Mary accepted the challenges so that she could feel the exhilaration of victory at last. Commonly says there should be a woman behind the success of every man, but here a man is behind the success of this woman, her husband, Onler. And Mary Kom have won in her life also by marrying Onler through coach had rejected Mary’s married life. But later her husband became the lodestar in her way.

                 Three male characters played significant role in making the success of Mary Kom. One, her father who at first vehemently opposed to her dream of boxing. He said Mary that of gloves are not girl’s toys. Like any conventional father he worried about his daughter’s marriage. But later father realized his daughter’s talent. The other is ‘coach sir’ Mary kom’s mentor and teacher who groomed his disciple and coached on her way to victory. He realized her abilities and talent so that he tried to defer Mary from marriage. He knew that there is a sporting legend inside her. The third, the husband who under stoned her wife’s future in sports and support her.

                    Visualizing the life of legends on the screen will be a pleasure for the audience. Such movies can be familiarizing sports in the country. Mary kom was enthusiastic about the idea of making a film about her.

               “When Omung came to me I was a five time world amateur boxing champion. I was surprised why he would want to make a movie on me and thought he was joking or gone mad! Boxing especially in women’s sections, is not so well known in India as it’s hardly reported and no one recognized me as Mary Kom”

                                                                                                                                                                              -Mary kom-

               Mary kom is a well made inspiring story such life of legends will make people feel proud and inspiring. As one of the songs in the film says,

‘We salute you’

         “Success does not come to those who wait and it does not wait for anyone to come to it”   

THE ROLE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE IN EDUCATION 
Suprava Mishra, Rajkot 



Dance is the form of vibration of our body and mind. It is a form of worship through which a dancer can reach the Almighty. It is a form of Yoga. A dancer can only reach this stage through continuous training i.e. 'Sadhana'. So, in my view, for the child who wants to learn dance, the first thing she has to do is undergo hard training from which she will learn discipline and patience which are the most important factors in a child's life. 

The second thing is the total body movement of a dancer so that a child has her complete physical fitness and get control over the body. The third thing, dance is a mode of expression of our inner feelings. So, she can express herself through dance. In that way she will develop self-belief and self-confidence. The fourth thing, Indian Classical Dance is based on mythology & puranas. So when a child learns dance, she is bound to know the story of Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavat Geeta, Shiv Purana, immortal books of Mahakavi Kalidas etc. In this way she can also learn the great Indian Literature. Thus her knowledge will be enhanced. Fifth thing, when a child learns Indian classical dance, she will automatically come to know about the rich cultural heritage of India. 

We speak of culture as simplifying an all round development of human faculties. It has been said, "science is curiosity about life, art is wonder at life, philosophy is an attitude towards life and religion is reverence for life". True culture includes all these four aspects and a cultured man ought to show development along all these four lines. It is therefore obvious that education in aesthetics is as essential if not more than mere intellectual or physical education. Man can never be complete or balanced or harmonical unless his emotions are trained, developed and sublimated, and herein comes the need for introducing art in our educational curriculum as a compulsory subject. Classical Dance is the highest form of art. 

The true object of education is to develop human personality in all its aspects. Any over emphasis on a particular aspect to the neglect of another may lead to a kind of lop-sided development which in the long run may do more harm than good. There was a time in our educational history when emphasis was laid only upon the intellectual development of the student. In those days there was very little attention paid even to physical development. Later, they began to consider the importance of physical instruction so much so that one's proficiency in sports was given great weight in selecting candidates for certain appointments. But man is not merely his intellect and his physical body. He is much more. He has his emotions which play a more vital part in his development and the development of his nation than is ordinarily recognized. 

Unfortunately the development of human emotions has not received that attention which is due to it in our educational institutions. In one sense it may be said that the present dead lock in world affairs is due to a large extent due to the lop-sided development of human personality referred to above. All emphasis was laid on head development while the heart of humanity was allowed to starve. It is this over-development of the head at the expense of the heart that has gone a long way to supply the psychological basis for our modern troubles. If there had been a balanced progress of the head and heart, human nature would have developed certain fundamental moral values, which would have made it impossible for the present world muddle to come about. It is therefore, necessary that the heart development of the pupil should receive great attention at the hands of the educationalists. A great Chinese proverb says, "If you have two loaves, sell one and buy a lily". The implication is obvious. Do not concentrate your attention on only food and drink, but pay equal attention to the development of your aesthetic nature. 

The greatness or littleness of the nation in the future is to a very large extent, dependent on how the youth of today are trained. In the first place, they have to become cultured citizens; they must help our nations to express the best in her, along her own lines and consistently with her special genius. The second idea at the back of an educational system properly organized must be to help the citizen to express himself as a unit of the nation to which he belongs. Each nation has a soul of its own which tries to express itself in several modes of thought and activity, and we are all, in one sense, only cells in that bigger organism. The standard culture of an eastern nation differs, in several essential points, from that of a western nation. And so in art there is a great national art peculiar to India. There are some special features about Indian Classical dance, which distinguish it from other dances of the world. And if our youth are to be trained to be channels for the expression of our national consciousness, the training of dance we impart to them must be truly national, truly Indian in spirit. There is nothing to prevent an Indian from admiring or learning foreign dance, but then she must already have learnt Indian dance. 

"This is the strangest life I have ever known"

"The athletes of God"

"Just surrender to the dance"

“The hidden language of the soul”