Author | Oracle Film and Television Dubbing Director - Teacher Hanwen
In recent years, China has been able to introduce several high-quality Indian films every year, such as "Starting Line", "Wrestling, Dad", "Mr. Hiccup", etc. Since the social problems reflected are also common in China, it has caused Broad resonance with Chinese audiences.
In October 2018, Oracle Corp translated the famous "Indian Partner" (also known as "The Pad Man"). This is a movie based on a true story.
The film tells that in a certain village in India, there is a wife-loving demon named Lakshmi. When he saw his wife use a rag that was too dirty to wipe a bicycle as an aunt towel, he was very distressed, so he borrowed money. Bought sanitary pads for my wife. But my wife didn't dare to use it because it was too expensive. 55 rupees a pack of sanitary pads is not affordable for a family like them. So this ingenious man decided to make his own pads for his wife.
However, India is a society where men are superior to women. Not only is the status of women low, but women who are menstruating in traditional concepts are "unclean", and everyone is afraid to avoid them, and women themselves are ashamed of it. Lakshmi shamelessly researches "things between women's thighs" to the humiliation of his wife and family. He was also discriminated against by the whole village, who thought he was a pervert. Everyone punished him in the name of God, and his wife was picked up by his family. As a last resort, Lakshmi had to leave the country.
From then on, he suddenly realized that the small sanitary napkin is not only a problem of his wife, but also a problem of women's health in India, and a problem of the whole Indian society. He wants to challenge the traditional and bad habits of Indian society for thousands of years, challenge the traditional idea of male superiority in India by himself, and let Indian women restore their dignity.
At the polytechnic professor's home, he learned that imported pad-making machines cost millions of dollars. But the smart Lakshmi stared at the computer and looked at it, and analyzed from the video that the production of pads only requires four processes of grinding, compressing, mixing, and sterilizing. This genius idea played a decisive role in Lakshmi's entrepreneurial success. He made the machines for these four processes separately, and successfully trial-produced the first pad.
Machines are made, and pads are made, but no woman can accept a man to sell such a thing. At this time Lakshmi met a young, beautiful, well-educated, forward-thinking girl named Parry. Parry worked as a salesman himself, opened up the sales of pads, and also helped Lakshmi to participate in the national innovation competition, and successfully won the first prize and received a prize of 2 lakh rupees.
At the award ceremony, guest Mr. Mitabubasakhan said: "If we don't see the number of people as the number of bodies, but as the number of minds, there is no power in the world greater than us. already."
China is also a big country with a population of 1.4 billion, and poverty was once a huge stumbling block for the country's development. However, relying on these 1.4 billion wise minds, the Chinese people took advantage of the opportunity of reform and opening up to forge ahead, not only got rid of poverty and backwardness, but also won the huge development of science and technology and culture, and made China move towards the stage of Chinese rejuvenation. the way. So population is not a burden, but a wealth.
When everyone else thought that Lakshmi could make a fortune with this invention, he said, "Why should I apply for a patent? If those companies pack and process the machines and sell the sanitary napkins so expensive, then what is the point of me doing this? where?"
He refused to patent his invention, insisting on cheaply producing pads that would revolutionize the health of hundreds of millions of women in India. This is the second step in the sublimation of his spiritual realm.
While promoting this low-cost pad production machine in various villages, Lakshmi not only helped village women achieve self-production and self-sufficiency, but also expanded employment, allowing women to gain economic independence and a status in the family. also improved.
At the end of the film, in recognition of Lakshmi's contributions to women, the United Nations invited him to give a speech. He said in broken English:
“Big man, strong man, not making country strong… woman strong, mother strong, sister strong then country strong.”
Tall men and strong bodies do not make a country strong, only strong women, strong mothers, and strong sisters will make a country strong.
This is the gist of the whole film, and Lakshmi has also sublimated from the second realm to the third realm, thinking about the meaning of life from the perspective of the country and human beings. Philosophers ponder the meaning of human existence every day, and Socrates once said: "The unexamined life is meaningless."
In fact, for an ordinary person, the meaning of life is not to waste time every day, to do more things within one's ability. When we see other people's success, we inevitably long to copy a successful road and set foot on a noble road, but what is really worth pursuing is not money or power, but the spirit of altruism among our fellow human beings.
Not only was the film a box-office success, it also pushed for an overhaul of India's tax laws.
Akshay Kumar, the lead actor in the film, is a leader in the pad movement, a group that promotes menstrual hygiene and advocates for more women to use sanitary pads. Indian entrepreneur Arunakaram Muruga, who is the prototype of the character in the film, launched a "Padman Challenge" on Twitter, saying, "Yes, I have a pad in my hand, which is There is nothing to be ashamed of, menstruation is a natural physiological response. Please copy and paste this passage, challenge your friends, grab your aunt's towel and take a picture!", followed by many Indian star actors who participated in the event on Twitter , to support the movie "The Padman".
On July 21, 2018, after the continuous efforts of women's rights protection groups, India abolished the sanitary napkin tax. Removing the sanitary pad tax addresses one of the biggest barriers to schoolgirls' education, helping more girls go to school regularly while menstruating and improving their employment prospects.
An excellent movie may not be able to promote social progress, but a movie that can promote social progress must be a good movie
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