The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  • Director: Mira Nair
  • Writer: Javed Akhtar,Ami Boghani,Mohsin Hamid
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Qatar
  • Language: English, Tamil, Urdu
  • Release date: May 17, 2013
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Zoraki Radikal
  • "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is a 130-minute feature film co-produced by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Qatar. The film is directed by Mira Nair, starring Rizwan Ahmed , Kate Hudson , Isaac Liev Schreiber , Kiefer Sutherland , Om Puri, etc. It was released in Italy on August 29, 2012.
    The film is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Mosin Hamid. It tells the story of a young Pakistani man whose identity was in crisis after the "911" incident   .

    Details

    • Release date May 17, 2013
    • Filming locations Lahore, Pakistan
    • Production companies Cine Mosaic, Mirabai Films, The Doha Film Institute

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $552,959

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $30,920

    Gross worldwide

    $2,176,576

    Movie reviews

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    • By Icie 2022-03-24 09:03:22

      Movie Review: Stranger in Lahore Teahouse

      8 points. Americans have the American Dream, but what about people outside the United States? When Americans stretch their tentacles in all directions for revenge, have they not made a mistake and pushed their own people to the other side? In fact, people all have this problem. They classify others at every turn. Human nature is complicated. ? When the enemy changes the goal from victory to mutual destruction, the war is destined to have no victor. The inquiries from the third world were...

    • By Rodger 2022-03-24 09:03:22

      A third force divided Islam

      The film is not as lethal as it might seem at first glance, because in the end Genghis chose to portray a Muslim who is neither infinitely pro-American nor fundamentalist, but a nationalist. He has never given up on American values ​​and remains obsessed with the minutiae of the means of struggle (such as refusing the resistance's demands for his assistance in hiding weapons). This is the real tragedy.

      I don't know if this is an exaggeration, but at the end of the film the Americans...

    • By Pauline 2022-03-24 09:03:22

      remembered urdu

      The plot is real and touching.
      Changgez from Raschel, Pakistan, went to study at Princeton University, a famous Ivy League college in the United States at the age of 18. He studied all subjects with all A's in four years, participated in the school football team, and was hired by a large company in Manhattan, New York, on the eve of graduation. With her outstanding talent and diligence, she was reused by her boss, and she met and fell in love with the company CEO's niece, a talented female...

    • By Ernestina 2022-03-23 09:03:07

      the reluctant fundamentalist

      An aristocratic Pakistani boy, influenced by authentic Pakistani culture since childhood,
      grew up in love with the United States because of the fair competition environment in the United States,
      has his own unique insights and ideas, and is valued by Bole, and has a seat in a financial evaluation company.
      He is fully confident that he can "win" games and competitions in a fair competition environment, and he made such a promise at the beginning, but he decided to withdraw from...

    • By Gracie 2022-03-23 09:03:07

      "I am not bin Laden": the demands of the Islamic world to Western society

      "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) is quite wonderful. Although the film is adapted from a novel, it is powerful and brings out some accusations and values ​​in the Islamic world. There are many things that are not binary opposition, right and wrong, crime and punishment, and many things have multiple aspects. When dealing with things, it is not necessary to have a fixed position on one side, but to look at it from a macro perspective. This is a racist film. The...

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    • By Lottie 2022-12-31 15:17:28

      The story is okay, and the American Dream part...

    • By Mariano 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Different opinions don't prevent it from being a good...

    • By Emanuel 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      I was tired of the reduction. I was tired of deciding, from a distant perch, the fate of people I did not...

    • By Annette 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      I feel more and more that the only criterion for a good movie, book, or poem is to make perfect sense. Then came Istanbul. . . I reiterate that I would like to go back there again and again. ....

    • By Yvette 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Therefore, disputes between people and mutual ignorance have a great relationship. The tone of the whole movie is, to be tolerant, to forget, and to tell the story in this way, you can't go...

    Movie plot

    American journalist Bobby interviewed Pakistani lecturer Genghis as a writer in a teahouse in Lal He, with the purpose of investigating the kidnapped American Reiner. Unexpectedly, the conversation turned into listening to Genghis himself. My own experience in the United States.
    Genghis, a young and handsome Pakistani youth, did not hesitate to abandon family traditions and beliefs, and came to New York to work alone with an American...
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    Evaluation action

    Director Mira Nair drastically changed the structure of the original story, a little chattering, turning the dream monologue with emotions flowing like water in the narrative into a wonderful story that keeps flashing back. Seeing the disappearance of the same American dream from the dual perspective of text and video narrative.
    The dual existence makes the film interesting and sentimental. Appreciation and sympathy for the male...
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    Movie quotes

    • Changez: You picked a side after 9/11; I didn't have to. It was picked for me.

    • Changez: Pretend I'm him.

    • Changez: [about watching the events of 9/11 unfold] In that moment, I should have felt sorrow or anger, but all I felt was awe. What audacity. The ruthlessness of the act was surpassed only by its genius. And David had struck Goliath. I'm sorry if my reaction to the attacks has offended you, Bobby. I hope you see that I'm not celebrating at the death of 3,000 innocents, just as you would not celebrate the death of 100,000 in Baghdad or Kabul, for that matter. But before conscience kicks in, have you never felt a split-second of pleasure at arrogance brought low?

      Bobby Lincoln: And you ask me why they're harrassing your family. Let's just cut the bullshit, okay? You believe in violence as a tool for social change. You teach a course in violent revolution at Lahore University. Your lectures are full of anti-American rhetoric.

      Changez: [cut to him teaching] We will wipe the blood of the invaders from our swords!

      Bobby Lincoln: If that weren't enough, you were spotted at an Asal Mujahideen meeting with Mustafa Fazil, a known cell leader.

      Changez: [cut to said meeting] I think I can help.

      Mustafa Fazil: I knew you would.

      Bobby Lincoln: Last night, Anse Rainier was kidnapped. And this morning, your class was canceled. If you're just an innocent bystander, Changez, why were you hiding? Only guilty people hide.

      Changez: Your candor is appreciated, Bobby, but your conclusions are wrong.