ARTICULATIONS OF MINORITY CULTURES IN ART AND CULTURE MISREPRESENTATION OF IDENTITY -A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MALIK AND OTHER MOVIES

Movies, from the time of its origin, are an integral part of our lives in articulating and shaping our thoughts ,customs and cultures. No other art form has played that much influence on human lives. Generally, Majority of the people receive what they get as firsthand experience without examining the authenticity of its content. It is true in the case of majority of historical fictional movies .At times movies take up the role of an interconnecting link between Individuals ,societies and events in the past and present , generations as well . At the same time it becomes a buckler for some facts related to a marginalised group ie a community, caste, race etc etc. Thus the real identity is concealed for the sake of personal gains even for satisfying the authority or the main stream community. At this point the artist literally breaks all the rules and deceives his conscience and eventually his art. Major films of this kind distorts the facts, identity of the people places and individuals. .In this paper I would like to examine the movie Malik that is released recently through OTT Platform in the light of socio political background of the events presented in the movie. Immediately after its release, a wide range of discussion was promoted through various media, social media in particular.Here my attempt is to analyze how far the movie is trustworthy for the present generation and the future generation as well. Besides, I would like to point out some other movies with similar features.. Thus, the misrepresentation of facts, identity of individuals , places and communities come to light in this discussion.Always,it is better to find a solution to a certain extent- a reliable one – rather than mere talks amongst the public.