Hanif Qureishi (Dec 5,1954)
English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer.
Themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality.
2008, The Times, "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"

My Son The Fanatic Hanif Kureishi Short Story Urdu Hindi


Famous Books
The Buddha of Suburbia 1990
The Black Album 1995
Intimacy 1998
Something to Tell You 2008
The Last Word 2013
My Son The Fanatic (1994) etc

My Son The Fanatic
The plot of the film revolves around Parvez (Om Puri), a Pakistaniborn taxi driver and a tolerant, secular Muslim. His life takes an unexpected dark turn when his son Farid converts to fundamentalist Islam, leading to a family breakdown and social conflict.

My Son The Fanatic
Characters List: Parvez Ali Bettina

My Son The Fanatic

Summary

Problems of Parvez
Migrated to Britain
Parvez worried about his son
Ali's behaviour significantly changed
Parvez afraid to discuss it with his friends
Son might addicted to drug
Parvez goes to his Taxi
Finds Bettina, a prostitute Bettina
instruct Parvez to observe his son
Ali is growing beard Ali prays five time
Ali dinner with Father
"Western Education cultivates an antireligious attitude"
Ali walks
Ali and Bettina
Parvez beats Ali
"Who is the fanatic now?"

The themes in the short text is identity, religion, respect, integration and fathersonrelationship. The underlying theme is the struggle they face in a new society. There is a sharp contrast in the way Parvez and his son Ali deal with the sense of belonging and being a part of society.