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MEDIA ABOUT THE AUTHOR

In this section we will see some multimedia material related to Salman Rushdie.

INTERNATIONAL GUERRILLAS

"In 1990, a Pakistani film was released in which Rushdie was depicted as plotting, soon after his publication of The Satanic Verses, to cause the downfall of Pakistan by opening a chain of casinos and discos in the country. The film was popular with Pakistani audiences, and it "presents Rushdie as a Rambo-like figure pursued by four Pakistani guerrillas"[25]. The British Board of Film Classification refused to allow it a certificate, as "it was felt that the portrayal of Rushdie might qualify as criminal libel, causing a breach of the peace as opposed to merely tarnishing his reputation."[26] This move effectively banned the film in Britain outright. However, two months later, Rushdie himself wrote to the board, saying that while he thought the film "a distorted, incompetent piece of trash", he would not sue if it was released.[26] He later said, "If that film had been banned, it would have become the hottest video in town: everyone would have seen it".[26] While the film was a massive hit in Pakistan, it went virtually unnoticed in the West.[26] He has said that there was one legitimately funny part of the movie, his character torturing a Pakistani fighter by reading from his book The Satanic Verses." 

Extract from Wikipedia ----> International Guerrillas and Criminal Libel in Wikipedia 

("Salman Rushdie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie#International_Guerrillas) (visited in October 2008)

Explanation of the controversy over the movie -----> Controversy  (screenonline.org.uk)

("screenonline: International Guerrillas and Criminal Libel", http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/460938/index.html) (visited in October 2008)

More information in Youtube: Info Movie ("Youtube - Salman Rushdie Movie Clip International Guerrillas", visited in October 2008)


Part of the movie in which Salman Rushdie's character is killed by flying Ku'ran books: Kill ("Youtube - SALMAN RUSHDIE: "International Guerillas": दैवी प्रशोध", visited in October 2008)




THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET


The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a novel written by Salman Rushdie.

"The book, while at its core detailing the love of two men, Ormus Cama and Umeed "Rai" Merchant (the narrator of the story), for the same woman, VinaApsara, provides a background and alternate history to the entire 1950s-1990s period of the growth of rock music." (Wikipedia)

("The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ground_Beneath_Her_Feet) (visited in October 2008)

"U2 singer, Bono, came up with the idea for the song after reading a manuscript of Rushdie's novel. In the novel, the fictional character Ormus Cama writes the lyrics as a lamentation for his lover, Vina Apsara, who had died recently. U2 uses these lyrics almost word for word, however omitting the following line:

She was my ground, my favorite sound, my country road, my city street, my sky above, my only love, and the ground beneath my feet.[1]

Rushdie, himself, was very pleased with the song, claiming it had "some of the most beautiful melodies [Bono] had ever come up with." In reference to the song, Rushdie said, "So I always knew, you know, that it wasn't going to be an uptempo foot-tapper, because it's a sad song. I think it sounds like, I hope, one of those big U2 ballads for which Bono's voice, actually, is beautifully well suited."[2]" (Wikipedia) 

["The Ground Beneath Her Feet(song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ground_Beneath_Her_Feet_(song)] (visited in October 2008)

The Ground Beneat Her Feet (song) ---> Watch (Youtube.com) ("Youtube - U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet", visited in October 2008)

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