Wherever I go on the internet, I find a few deductions, theories, plot-holes, etc. about the movie 'Interstellar'. Here I present the obvious allegories related to India that occurred to me:
1. Cooper cares for his daughter more than his son: This one's quite obvious to whoever follows Indian politics. The son tries to communicate through his messages but is unable to strike a chord. The daughter needs to rise to save the family party. The movie forebears what is being spoken in hushed voices among the workers - the daughter must rise.
2. Nitrogen: The movie prophesises that Nitrogen level will rise in the earth's atmosphere. We all know how important nitrogen is for plants to survive. (Know more by searching 'Nitrogen fixation'). Break the word 'Nitrogen' in two parts to understand the allegory. Nit-Rogen. Now say is slowly. Knight Rojen. Knight Rajan. Yes. Raghuram Rajan will rise in the future like a knight to save the Indian economy.
3. Eureka!: Was there any need for Murph to throw out all the papers and shout 'Eureka'? Not in the context of the movie. She took a break from all the quantum physics, turned on the TV and ended up shouting, 'Eww Rekha!', a hint to Rekhaji to stop overdoing her makeup and moaning while talking.
4. Mann: You didn't really think that the scientist was named such as a hint towards 'Man' trying to destroy 'Man'. No! This is a clear reference to one of the few good comedians left in India - Bhagwant Mann. The quality of comedy in India has degraded to such a low level that it will destroy mankind.
5. CASE, TARS, KIPP: The robots were so lovable, weren't they? But why such odd names? Their names together form an anagram. Solve it and you have a message towards building unity. CASTE IS A KRAPP or more simply, 'Caste is a crap'. We must look beyond our castes and work towards unity.
6. Wormhole: You enter the wormhole and travel through an amazillion kilohours and kilometres distance in time and space. 'Wormhole' is an obvious hint to 'Varmaala' - the garland of flowers used during weddings. Once you go through the ritual of marriage, you travel so far away from your earlier self that life is just not the same.
7. The time paradox: Who positioned the wormhole near Saturn since 5th dimensions humans were yet to form before Cooper's entry in the black hole? In theory, this is answered by the looping nature of time (as against the linear nature as we now know) as proposed by the B-theory of time. This theory is named after Bollywood. (Believe me. Don't Google.) You watch a movie and the plot takes you back in past when you had watched a similar movie.
8. "We are 'them'": This line relates to two important aspects in India. The first aspect is that of Indian politics in general and Maharashtra politics in particular. You don't know who is who. One day, you think they are the opposition, the next day you think they are constituents of your government. Nobody knows.
The second aspect is that of BCCI and ICC. When a board complains about BCCI to ICC, this is the line that BCCI whispers with an evil grin.
9. Customizing the robots: This one goes deep. The "Honesty setting" scene was only to set questions before us Indians. Will we ever be able to achieve a 100% on this scale?
10. Black Hole: Nobody knows how would anything behave in the Black Hole. This is a hint towards black money. There's no way to know how one would react while dealing with black money. Today you might say that you can get the black money back. Tomorrow, the black money will make you forget what you have said in the past. There are unknown forces here.
[Inspiration: Interstellar: Symbolism in name choices , How Interstellar explains Batman and so on]
1. Cooper cares for his daughter more than his son: This one's quite obvious to whoever follows Indian politics. The son tries to communicate through his messages but is unable to strike a chord. The daughter needs to rise to save the family party. The movie forebears what is being spoken in hushed voices among the workers - the daughter must rise.
2. Nitrogen: The movie prophesises that Nitrogen level will rise in the earth's atmosphere. We all know how important nitrogen is for plants to survive. (Know more by searching 'Nitrogen fixation'). Break the word 'Nitrogen' in two parts to understand the allegory. Nit-Rogen. Now say is slowly. Knight Rojen. Knight Rajan. Yes. Raghuram Rajan will rise in the future like a knight to save the Indian economy.
3. Eureka!: Was there any need for Murph to throw out all the papers and shout 'Eureka'? Not in the context of the movie. She took a break from all the quantum physics, turned on the TV and ended up shouting, 'Eww Rekha!', a hint to Rekhaji to stop overdoing her makeup and moaning while talking.
4. Mann: You didn't really think that the scientist was named such as a hint towards 'Man' trying to destroy 'Man'. No! This is a clear reference to one of the few good comedians left in India - Bhagwant Mann. The quality of comedy in India has degraded to such a low level that it will destroy mankind.
5. CASE, TARS, KIPP: The robots were so lovable, weren't they? But why such odd names? Their names together form an anagram. Solve it and you have a message towards building unity. CASTE IS A KRAPP or more simply, 'Caste is a crap'. We must look beyond our castes and work towards unity.
6. Wormhole: You enter the wormhole and travel through an amazillion kilohours and kilometres distance in time and space. 'Wormhole' is an obvious hint to 'Varmaala' - the garland of flowers used during weddings. Once you go through the ritual of marriage, you travel so far away from your earlier self that life is just not the same.
7. The time paradox: Who positioned the wormhole near Saturn since 5th dimensions humans were yet to form before Cooper's entry in the black hole? In theory, this is answered by the looping nature of time (as against the linear nature as we now know) as proposed by the B-theory of time. This theory is named after Bollywood. (Believe me. Don't Google.) You watch a movie and the plot takes you back in past when you had watched a similar movie.
8. "We are 'them'": This line relates to two important aspects in India. The first aspect is that of Indian politics in general and Maharashtra politics in particular. You don't know who is who. One day, you think they are the opposition, the next day you think they are constituents of your government. Nobody knows.
The second aspect is that of BCCI and ICC. When a board complains about BCCI to ICC, this is the line that BCCI whispers with an evil grin.
9. Customizing the robots: This one goes deep. The "Honesty setting" scene was only to set questions before us Indians. Will we ever be able to achieve a 100% on this scale?
10. Black Hole: Nobody knows how would anything behave in the Black Hole. This is a hint towards black money. There's no way to know how one would react while dealing with black money. Today you might say that you can get the black money back. Tomorrow, the black money will make you forget what you have said in the past. There are unknown forces here.
[Inspiration: Interstellar: Symbolism in name choices , How Interstellar explains Batman and so on]
