How Diljit Dosanjh Emerges As A Symbol Of Resistance On Netflix’s Jogi-Entertainment News, Firstpost

“Jogi, the whole Janakpuri burned down. They burned two gurdwaras, not to mention their house!” tells a Jogi Sikh man hiding with his family in Bangla Sahib Gurdwara. “We have to fight to protect ourselves,” says Jogi, a vengeful he. Only he is amazed that in eight hours an entire country has rebelled against his community. “Are you insane? We are ordinary workers,” says the skeptical Sikh man sitting next to him.

“So what do we do? Wait for them to kill us? Travel to fight the mob and, in a sense, the communal hatred and prejudice that led to the Sikh genocide.” His journey of resisting and fighting to survive will not be easy, and in Jogi, he is a member of the Resistance who is not afraid to resort to violence when necessary and shows compassion and empathy when the situation calls for it. We see the symbol, we see him punching a guard at a toll booth and honking with a rari, but when he stops running in the middle of an attack to save a stranger, we Jogi loses his innocence and becomes vengeful in his fight to survive, but his humanity remains intact.

The love of his family is what drives Jogi down the path of resistance, but he also doesn’t want to abandon his community in the process. “What about the others?” Jogi asks when police friend Lawinder offers to take his family to Punjab. Jogi is acutely aware that the threat he is fighting is affecting not only him but his community, but it is spreading, conversations about drinking take place in hushed tones, and parantha is a breakfast staple. is beyond the scope of his dinner table.

But Jogi is still human. Shaving his head with Agrasen ki Baoli will break him. Perhaps then he realized what he was up against. Later, when he is forced to burn his house in Trilok Puri, his eyes perk up, but surprisingly, this time he is not tearing up. seems to have come It’s as if he gave in to his fate of fighting to the death and reconciled with what was to come. His feelings resurface later. When he asks Lari not to kill his people to settle a personal score, he breaks down in tears. Despite this, it shows that Jogi feels as vulnerable as everyone else around him.

In his Resistance, Yogi often has to walk a tightrope, balancing his urge to fight prejudice with his love for his community. He decides to confront Lari, the police officer who exposed his plan to rescue the Sikhs. Lari told him that doing so would cause trouble not only for him but his people, especially since he knew that Lowwinder was helping Jogi fight. Ultimately, his Jogi’s urge to resist is tricky. He can fight as long as the authorities do not attack his family and people. Consequently, in this battle between belligerence and love, it is the latter that wins. At some point, Rawinder also becomes angry and offended by Jogi’s idealism – his sheer audacity to fight Lali, thus Tejpal trying to capture him. Every time, Rawinder reminds him to check reality and that the odds are not in his favor.

Like most revolutionary leaders, Jogi comes to a tragic end. Although his thoughts and spirit of fighting prejudice are immortal, Jogi himself is mortal and is killed by Tejpal. He charges at Tejpal and beats him with all his might when he kills one of his kin. Later, when he was shot, he spat in Tejpal’s face as his final act of rebellion.

I can’t help but wonder if Jogi’s resistance is resistance or just a fight for survival. It raises deeper questions as to whether revolutionaries who resist and fight oppression and prejudice are truly special, or whether their struggle is to survive like ordinary people. So what makes them revolutionaries? Is it their courage? Or their idea? Perhaps their love of community and refusal to abandon people in times of trouble is what makes them unique. Their refusal to flee and instead fight back when things go south is what truly sets them apart from the rest of us.

Jogi stars Diljit Dosanjh and is streaming on Netflix.

Deepansh Duggal is an entertainment, pop culture and trends writer based in New Delhi. He specializes in editorials based on socio-political and gender issues in entertainment and showbiz. He also writes explainers and sometimes reviews shows on the OTT space. He tweets at @Deepansh75.

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