Rifthead, please ignore all these ignorant ranters,who have nothing better to do, than wait like vultures for someone to make a comment that they can latch onto like a piece of meat, ignoring the rest of the animal entirely, i.e. the main point of the question to begin with, which I will answer for you. The answer is yes, it is very possible, I just watched the movie, and I was thinking the exact same thing, with the exact same examples, but also, remember the look of guilt? on Okelo's face, as the mother hugged him goodbye? There was definitely some hidden meaning there... And the way she kept his picture, gazing at it fondly, from time to time, and bringing it to their liquor store, where it "appeared" hanging on the wall one day? Because of that and all the other clues, I think there was definitely either an adulterous slip, or SoMeThIng in the past...
P.S. oh yeah, and also, Mina asked about her father's "problem" with Okelo, during an "interacially relevant" conversation, and her mother guiltily replied, "what made you think of that just now"?
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c3mason
17 years ago
WRONG....
It's just another layer of the Indian people and culture, presented wonderfully here.
there are dark and light indians, like African Americans. there was true love between these two men, and it was broken due to skin color/race. That's what everyone is pissed about. The mother also loved Okelo, but not as a lover..but as a brother. Which then is weird when her daughter starts dating a black American. The mother believes they should be more accepting, like the government of Uganda.
For you to further get the picture...if you strip the differences of their race off, would this relationship seem weird if Mina's father and Okelo were both Indian and separated? Mother gazing at the picture. Mina gazing at Okelo.
But, like good movies there's different interpetations. that's mine.
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p_banerjee
16 years ago
i know this is an old post. just thought to mention that among indians it is quite common for lighter looking parents to have a darker looking child and darker looking parents to have lighter looking child. its often due to grand-parents and great grand parents etc - for the last 10-20 centuries more than 3-4 racial groups have inter-mixed and hence the different tones of color that come out. btw, i am an indian.
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rjl023
16 years ago
Absolutly Mina is Okelo's child ...
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thelordtantalus
16 years ago
No she isn't. I have cousins darker than their parents and cousins that are lighter than their parents. Some genetic traits manifest while others don't. I have two cousins with the same parents and one is light and the other is dark. It's not proof of anything. India throughout its history has been invaded via the south and the north. Those from the North tend to be lighter and those from the South tend to be darker. And the reason people who are light are treated better is because the ruling class tend to have a stronger heritage with the North. It's just another form of interracism.
The Father was simply upset because he felt he lost him brother Okelo. However I do wonder what happened to their neighbors.
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darlingnicky767
15 years ago
This is one of my favorite movies, and I'll bet I've seen it 20 times. From the first viewing I felt that Mina was definitely Okelo's child. That conclusion was based on far more than just the skin color thing. The departure from the family home in Uganda scene was the main factor in my conclusion. Just my own personal view.
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