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Pakistan is not Lucknow

posted 12 years ago by coolshah
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When ever an Indian film has to project a soft image of Pakistan, Pakistanis are shown wearing sharwani, jesturing adaab, always addressing as aap, calling women as bibi and not by their name. Please a common Pakistani is not a poet or a nawab of Lucknow. We communicate like a common man, wear casual clothes in day to day life.

I remember in Veer Zara, the train station scene when Zara's fiance comes to receive her, wearing a sharwani, I couldn't stop laughing. Sharwani is a highly formal dress, worn on Eid, Weddings etc.

In Ek tha tiger, the ISI captain keeps addressing Zara as bibi, calling her aap aap. This is not how we communicate in day to day life.

[–] indic 12 years ago

I'm Indian, and yea I was quite amused by that as well when I watched the film.

[–] Immi-4-U 12 years ago

Exactly my point. I don't know why can't they show the real Pakistanis in their movies. Probably because they're much similar to (North)Indians. Just listen to Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam, etc to know how we actually speak

[–] sagheero 12 years ago

This is what I have highlighted in many movies of the past. Like in Agent Vinod too, the scene where Saif (in Pakistani disguise) is standing in the lift with the guard and greets him with "Adaab", the guard in real life would have gunned down Saif knowing he was an outsider!

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[–] DesiBaba 11 years ago

Without highlighting those differences in mannerisms/dialect/language/attire, we are indistinguishable from one another. It just makes it easier for an average audience member to keep track of who is who this way (even though the portrayal may be factually inaccurate).

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