Qutub: Ek Adhura Afsana
- 3 years ago
This film is about the famous Qutub Minar-a UNESCO World Heritage Site and symbolic marker of the city of Delhi.
It explores various histories, myths, legends and everyday meanings associated with this remarkable historic building which transform it into a perfect site of memory
The film takes the Qutub complex as a reference point to raise a few very base questions.
Is it really important to define the religion of historic buildings? Does it mean that every minaret is Muslim and every idol is Hindu? How does this fixed imagination of history that divides India's past into Hindi and Muslim contribution to the communal conflicts?
How do we look at the process of monumentalisation that transforms old buildings/ruins into officially declared Protected Monuments of National Importance? How does this official recognition affect the symbolic status of Qutub Minar as a monument?
Do common people care about the controversial histories of this building?
The film encourages an informal convention on history, myth politics and popular culture so that we can draw our own meanings of Qutub!
NOTE: At 13:11, Professor Najaf Haider says 'I feel that their way of religiosity was much open and ecumenical.' The word displayed in the subtitle says 'economical,' which is incorrect.
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It explores various histories, myths, legends and everyday meanings associated with this remarkable historic building which transform it into a perfect site of memory
The film takes the Qutub complex as a reference point to raise a few very base questions.
Is it really important to define the religion of historic buildings? Does it mean that every minaret is Muslim and every idol is Hindu? How does this fixed imagination of history that divides India's past into Hindi and Muslim contribution to the communal conflicts?
How do we look at the process of monumentalisation that transforms old buildings/ruins into officially declared Protected Monuments of National Importance? How does this official recognition affect the symbolic status of Qutub Minar as a monument?
Do common people care about the controversial histories of this building?
The film encourages an informal convention on history, myth politics and popular culture so that we can draw our own meanings of Qutub!
NOTE: At 13:11, Professor Najaf Haider says 'I feel that their way of religiosity was much open and ecumenical.' The word displayed in the subtitle says 'economical,' which is incorrect.
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