Film and television allow us to internalize positive psychological messages about ourselves and our culture. shailiJainMd explains how.
It dawned on me that watching Mr. Bachchan’s movies in my childhood extended far beyond a harmless way to pass the time or an act of immigrant escapism. His movies were proactively medicating my psychological wounds that resulted from daily exposure to subtle acts of race-based oppression. I was submerged in a world where my skin color and heritage were completely undermined by the wider society and culture.
Now, in my American life, those old wounds had re-opened and, as if on autopilot, I’d returned to the movies of Amitabh Bachchan in search of the same validation and solace I must have unknowingly absorbed as a young girl. Mr. Bachchan is perhaps most famous for his portrayals of angry young men. These characters were survivors of unspeakable childhood trauma. In his movies, he was an angry badass often fighting for justice and rebelling against the establishment and righting wrongs by any means necessary. These stories contrasted with the more common representation of brown people I saw during my childhood: Brown immigrants were expected to be meek and servile.
Perhaps what I love most about Mr. Bachchan’s performances is his ability to appear completely at ease with his character. Whether he is playing the life and soul of a party, a fearless action man, a sophisticated style icon, an introverted writer, or an arrogant rich businessman, his portrayals come with unapologetic ease. Unashamedly visible. Such ease was at obvious odds with my perceptions of the average brown people of my British youth.
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