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contd. After page 11 Standing out from
Mahal. Suddenly one day, Begum just fainted the crowd
and her family members seeing her condition
assumed that she was no more. Mirza being
on the top of the world went out and for the
first time bought something expensive for
someone(flowers for his dead wife).As he
returned, to his surprise, Begum greeted him
with an ironic smile standing upright.
By this time Mishraji had fully manipulated
Baankey’s mind and was now all set to leave
Fatima Mahal and stay in a better place as
promised by his ‘dream catcher’. Mishra had We all must be aware of a blog which is a
started to put immense amount of effort on discussion or informational website published
proving Fatimah Mahal to be a historic on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete
beauty. often informal diary-style text entry where posts
Clark with his crafty words managed to are typically displayed in reverse chronological
convince Mirza to sell the ‘love of his life’ to a order so that the most recent posts appear first
local goon. Mirza with his gluttony happily at the top of the web page.
accepted Clark’s offer like a buffoon. In this era,where online education is the ‘new
Unknowingly, yet knowingly Mishraji and normal’ a bunch of innovative and resourceful
Clark were on the same page in manipulating students of X IGCSE has taken up the initiative
their patrons. In the climax scene we see to design their website and started the first-ever
both sides struggling for control, with the
representatives of both sides arriving at the blogging site of Adamas International School as
same time. The tension rises into an intense a part of their English Project. The blogs written
match-off between Mirza and Baankey by them are as follows.
before being interrupted by Begum’s maid. In Do go through them and also do not forget to
an utmost turn of events, the characters learn visit their website: (https://aisigcseblogging20.
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and the tenants concerning the Mahal had Yagnaseni Sinha, Sr. English Teacher
eloped with her old lover, who she had sold
the Mahal to for 1 rupee. She leaves a letter characters struggling with the aftermath of this
explaining this to Mirzaas well as his zemblanity- the former enemies watch subdued, as
favourite chairto be brought along to the Begum holds a birthday party in the Mahal, enjoying
pensioned flat she had bought as his final herself while they are barred from entering. The final
dwelling place. shot takes off from an auction, where Mirza’s old
Things soon come to a head, as we see the chair, which he had sold for 250 rupees, is being
sold for 135,000 rupees…
The movie warns us against the sin to which we are
most prone to – greed.As it shows how unbounded
avarice can lead to pitfalls and make us forget what
actually, holds importance- whether it be a wife’s
farewell or a beloved Mahal.
This movie undoubtedly not only had humour but at
the same time it portrayed a harsh reality in a very
ironic and amusing manner.
Dimisha Poddar, Joel Biswas, Mayukh Mitra,
Oyeshee Chatterjee and Jai Chajjer X IGCSE