Pariotism

The film Aamir presents us with a set of problematics about the Indian nation-state and its minority communities, specifically the Muslims. Those of immediate concern here are first, the extent to which the principles of exclusion and othering are foundational to the formation and sustenance of the nationstate;and second, the ways in which these manifest cinematically. While examining these, this paper will examine the ways in which the city is made to function as a signifier in cinema and in this film. It will link this to the ways in which discursive continuities are cinematically established between a country as an
exclusive and unequal nation-space and a cityscape.

The film Aamir presents us with a set of problematics about the Indian nation-state and its minority communities, specifically the Muslims. Those of immediate concern here are first, the extent to which the principles of exclusion and othering are foundational to the formation and sustenance of the nationstate;and second, the ways in which these manifest cinematically. While examining these, this paper will examine the ways in which the city is made to function as a signifier in cinema and in this film. It will link this to the ways in which discursive continuities are cinematically established between a country as an
exclusive and unequal nation-space and a cityscape.