ROAD TO SANGAM

This is a small, tender idea, executed with a certain amount of elan and loads and loads of heart. Writer-director Amit Rais debut film is a Gandhian parable done up in shades that are at once, pristine, noble, gentle and funny.

The imaginative plot about the Mahatmas ashes belatedly being taken out of Allahabad to be scattered in the Ganga gets its strength from the moral frailty of the times that we live in.

Miraculously while constructing a heart-warming morality tale, the debutant writer-director manages to keep the tone purely and strictly non-judgemental.

Among the many virtues in this frail but strong tale of two communities that need hard and immediate lessons in co-existence, is the detailed eye for locations. The streets and roof-tops of humble middle class homes in Allahabad are shot by cinematographer Dharam Gulati with a keen eye for the teeming crowds peeping out of ramshackle windows which have seen better days.

The eye used to create the authentic ambience is forever lucid and non-judgemental.

Sandesh Shandilyas re-worked interpretation of Gandhian bhajans adds considerably to a sense of serene sincerity in a work that gently but firmly prods our conscience.

The process of spiritual awakening that the sleepy communally-divided town undergoes when a humble honest motor mechanic Hashmatullah decides to repair the car that would take Gandhijis ashes to the sea is shown to be gradual and persuasive.

In its effort to project a world beyond strife that is obtainable to a more reasonable humankind than visible in todays divided times, the narrative at times slips into the realm of naive idealism.

No harm in that. Road to Sangam shows us that the road to salvation for a wounded and dying civilisation is to cut through the tangled web of politics and religion to try to a find a common ground between the Hindu and Muslim viewpoint without compromising or hurting either.

Paresh Rawal as the simple and obstinate motor mechanic Hashmatullah finds that dithering but comforting ground in his performance.

Hashmatullah is a gentle soul driven by clarity of purpose that brooks no interference from religious bigots. His cluster of Muslim compatriots opposing his idealistic efforts to do justice to Mahatma Gandhis memories often comes across as benign caricatures.

Rai portrays the world of religious bigotry as eminently reformable. In this sense, the films core could be considered impractical. But the films quest to convert the currency of communalism into a molten gold of harmony and peace is never questionable.

Road To Sangam is a gentle trip into the heart of a society that has resorted to a collective suspicion and hostility as a form of protestation and self-protection. Without really saying so aloud, this film suggests Gandhism still has the solution and medicine to the spirit of ceaseless strife that grips our society.

The dusty half-formed modern integrally-traditional ambience of Allahabad and Pareshs deceptively smooth portrayal of the man who must do his duty even if it endangers his life, carry Road To Sangam to the region of an important statement on the relevance of Gandhi in todays age of rage.

Theres a lesson to be learnt from this film. Luckily, we arent required to dig too deep into the narrative to procure the message.

Gentle and heart-warming Road To Sangam is that rare passionate paean to patriotism that doesnt resort to flag-waving even once.

Personality:-

The personalities of characters of the films are described below-

Hasmatullha (paresh Rawal) The character of Hashmatullah is a very subdued but strong man. His demeanor is of a quite easy going man but in time of crisis, his personality is strong as iron.

Mohammud Ali Kasoori (Om Puri) - I am playing Nawab Kasoori. He is the Chairman of the Masjid Committee. He is angry with injustice being done to Muslims in India. How his thinking changes is shown in a sweet way.

Dr. Banarjee (Javed Shekh) He plays the role of a dear friend of Hasmatullha and his sole brother. Tough they belong to different religion and cultures, both have a strong friendship which stands unperturbed in testing time.

Maulana Qureshi (Pawan malhotra) An extremist, who sees an opportunity for himself with developing scenario and fans hatred and bigotry his purpose. He knows the power center and cleverly allies himself along with it.

Aara (Swati Chitnis) she plays the role of wife of Hasmatullha. Vivacious lady, very understanding, chatterbox all role into one. When the tough time comes, she revels in herself and stands full and firm besides Hasmat assuring him that the path he had taken was indeed the proper one.

Motivation:-

As the processes that account for an individuals intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.

Intensity: how hard a person tries.

Direction: intensity needs to be channeled in a direction favorable to the organization for job satisfaction.

Persistence: a measure of how long a person can maintain his or her effort.

Motivation is a hypothetical construct that represents individual's complex psychological processes. Therefore, many researchers would agree with the idea that motivation includes some different components and that it includes rational and automatic psychological processes.

MOTIVATION IN ROAD TO SANGAM:-Motivation is highly reflected in film road to sangam. Motivational journey starts from Husmatullah and he persuaded it with his community member by his positive attitude.

HIERARCHY OF NEEDS THEORY:

Abraham Maslow hypothesized that within each human being, there exists a hierarchy of five needs

Physiological hunger, thirst, shelter and all bodily needs.

Safety security & protection from physical & emotional harm

Social affection, belongingness, acceptance, friendship.

Esteem internal esteem includes self-respect, autonomy & achievement. External esteem status, recognition & attention.

Self-actualization drive to become what one is capable of becoming includes growth, achieving ones potential & self-fulfillment.

Relation to Road To sangam:-

Physiological:

His positive attitude, concern about others and confidence in himself makes him highly motivated.

Safety:

He was emotionally very stable person. Any external factor cant change his decision easily. In very conflicting situation he managed to stand with own values and decision.

Social:

Husmatullah was very affectionate and friendly person who loved to help other people. Thats why He was respected by the local religious associations there and was a contender for the top post.

Esteem:

As Husmatullah was a best mechanic of his on town he was recognized by the entire town member and also gets lots of respect which motivates him a lot.

Self-actualization:

He was self-satisfied person with enough capable qualities in his field and he was the best mechanic in Allahabad he got lots of appreciation and support of people of all the community for his achievement his also motivated him a lot.

THEORY X & THEORY Y

It proposed by Douglas McGregor.

There are two distinct views of human beings: one basically negative Theory X & the other basically positive Theory Y.

McGregor concluded that a managers view of the nature human beings is based on a certain grouping of assumptions and that he or she tends to mould his or her behavior toward subordinates according to these assumptions.

In this movie as we have seen our main character Husmatullah was highly motivated and also motivate his community member positively so here theory Y is applicable here.

THEORY Y:

Human beings will exercise self-direction and self-control if they are committed to the objectives.

The average person can learn to accept, even seek, responsibility.

Creativity the ability to make good decisions is widely dispersed throughout the population and is not necessarily the sole province of those in managerial functions.

Relation to Road To sangam:-

Husmatullah was very very convincing. He took his community member through his ups and downs without a trouble. They also actually felt what he was going through.

Though he faced a wrath of fury from his community members, finally with his nice attitude he was able to convince some of his community people to let him work and they supported him. He also convinced the government to change the route of the procession through his area, which was a stronghold of Muslims. Finally the engine was repaired and the procession takes place and muslims greet the procession with open hands and full respect.

Four-Drive Theory:

A motivation theory based on the innate drives to acquire, bond, learn & defend that incorporates both emotions & rationality. Theory is both holistic and humanistic.

Relation to Road To sangam:-

While Husmatullah wanted to side with the committee, his professionalism didnt let him break the commitment so easily. Because his objective of repairing car engine and organize YATRA was very clear and convincing to other people.

There were too many fights with cause unknown and consequence unbeneficial, Hasmat was in two minds whether to pursue or give the work up.Still wanting to offer support to his community, Hasmat went to the museum to inform that he wont be doing the work. But when he visited Gandhis gallery in the museum gradually he was motivated by seeing those entire thing. This implies his self-actualization of observing things.

Hasmat delivered long monologues, so other people never found him dreary; on the other hand they were also fascinated by his take on Gandhi and being loyal to the country.

WHAT VALUE AND ETHICS IS ALL ABOUT

THE CHARACTER OF VALUES AND ETHICS

Values- : can be defined as those things that are important to or valued by someone. That someone can be an individual or, collectively, an organization. One place where values are important is in relation to vision. One of the imperatives for organizational vision is that it must be based on and consistent with the organization's core values. In one example of a vision statement we'll look at later, the organization's core values - in this case, integrity, professionalism, caring, teamwork, and stewardship- were deemed important enough to be included with the statement of the organization's vision.

Dr. John Johns, in an article entitled "The Ethical Dimensions of National Security," mentions honesty and loyalty as values that are the ingredients of integrity. When values are shared by all members of an organization, they are extraordinarily important tools for making judgments, assessing probable outcomes of contemplated actions, and choosing among alternatives.

VALUES PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR JUDGMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO SUCCEED IN ITS CORE BUSINESS.

ETHICS-: So how do values relate to ethics, and what do we mean by ethics? One of the keys is in the phrase we quoted above from the DA pamphlet: "Values are what we, as a profession, judge to be right." Individually or organizationally,

Values determine what is right and what is wrong, and doing what is right or wrong is what we mean by ethics. To behave ethically is to behave in a manner consistent with what is right or moral.

What does "generally considered to be right" mean? That is a critical question, and part of the difficulty in deciding whether or not behavior is ethical is in determining what is right or wrong.

In normally we can say that value is a specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or socially preferable to on opposite or converse mode of conduct end -state of existence. Value generally influences attitude and behavior.

The different value dimensions of national culture are

Power distance.

Individualism verses collectivism.

Masculine verses felinity.

Uncertainty avoidance.

Long term verses short term orientation.

Importance of Value;

We can classify values; we review 2 approached surveys to developing value typology,

Rokeach value approaches Milton created the

Value survey (RVS).It consist of 2 sets of value

One take terminal value and other is instrumental value

Terminal and instrumental value in the Rokeach value survey

HOW VALUE COMES FROM THE FILM ROAD TO SANGAM

In this film

Husmatullah (Paresh Rawal), is a mechanic in Allahabad who is a genius when it comes to handling car parts. He has been assigned the task of fixing an old ford engine by the local museum authorities. Time is critical. That's all he knows. Later, due to riots, all Muslims are under the radar. Family men are getting picked up by the police for interrogation. This obviously irates the Islamic elders so they decide to protest and declare a strike of few days. Of course, strike means shutting down shops and not allowing normal routine for the public. Husmatullah happily agrees at this point of time.

A few days after, a reporter meets up with Husmatullah to interview him. He is the one to enlighten him about the fact that the engine given to him by the museum authorities is no ordinary one. But one of great historic importance. It was used to carry the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi. It is being repaired to do the same unfinished work as someone left a part of Gandhiji's ashes forgotten in a bank vault. It is now the wish of Gandhiji's surviving successor Tushar Gandhi that the last of the great man's ashes be immersed in the Sangam of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.

This piece of information comes as shocking and moving for Husmatullah. He feels if he doesn't complete the work of the engines he is seriously disrespecting a great soul, someone who'd sacrificed his life for the country. He presents a petition (asking permission to resume work on the engine inspite of the strike) to the elders at the mosque but they fail to understand his point of view and reject his petition. Husmatullah too fails to understand why religion has to interfere with work. With such a terrible turmoil within him and the communal riots outside, this man puts into practice Gandhiji's timeless principles to do what his heart says is right.

PARES RAWAL as Husmatullah is very very convincing. He takes you through his ups and downs without a trouble. In this film shows the GADHIAN value and principle and ideology of BAPPU. Pares rawal think and belief the value of his work is higher than his religion.

In this film the Muslim community how hampered by some ante social people who had in respected position in society. They think for their own religion and used some innocent people.

THE ETHIC OF COMPROMISE AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION.

This final level deals with an area not as salient as some of the others. It deals with the necessity for compromise in a society. A society with irreconcilable differences on fundamental issues will be torn apart. Hence, it becomes a moral obligation of public officials to engage in give and take, working toward compromise in the policies they develop. One often sees legislators in our political system establishing positions where they may not get all they want from particular legislation, but will settle for some of what they want. Willbern contends that compromise, rather than standing on principle, is moral, because without compromise there will be discord and conflict, and disintegration rather than integration of the society.

Public officials are given the trust of the public to develop and carry out policies that are in the public's best interest. Living up to this trust has a significant impact on the national will; public confidence is essential to the exercise of national power. Public officials have a moral duty to act in a trustworthy manner.

Why, then, do individuals behave unethically? One reason is the complexity of the issues leaders deal with, and the difficulty in many instances of determining which the most ethical alternative is. There are several systemic factors. One is the competition for scarce resources. It is easy to slip into unethical acts to gain a competitive advantage in the race for position or power. A second is conflicting loyalties, which Johns labels "the most troublesome ethical dilemma facing public officials." The Iran Contra affair is a case of unethical behavior on the part of North, Poindexter, Secord, and McFarlane because of misplaced loyalty to the exec

ETHICS IN PRACTICE

Kenneth R. Andrews, in "Ethics in Practice," contends that there are three aspects to ethical behavior in organizations: the development of the individual as an ethical person, the effect of the organization as an ethical or unethical environment, and the actions or procedures developed by the organization to encourage ethical behavior and discourage unethical behavior.

In this film HASSMATULLA is a real protagonists how much he is dedicated towards his work it shows in this film. He gave priority to his work rather than his religion. He is most promising man and shows he is not belonging to any cast any religion he is a real Indian.

CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent

NEGOTIATION

Negotiationis adialogueintended toresolve disputes, to produce an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or collective advantage, or to craft outcomes to satisfy various interests. It is the primary method ofalternative dispute resolution.

Negotiation occurs in business, non-profit organizations, and government branches, legal proceedings, among nations and in personal situations such as marriage, divorce, parenting, and everyday life. The study of the subject is callednegotiation theory.

The word "negotiation" is from the Latin expression, "negotiatus", and past participle of negotiare which means "to carry on business". "Negotium" means literally "not leisure".

APPROACHES TO NEGOTIATION

Negotiation typically manifests itself with trained negotiator acting on behalf of a particular organization or position. It can be compared tomediationwhere a disinterested third party listens to each sides arguments and attempts to help craft an agreement between the parties. It is also related toarbitrationwhich, as with a legal proceeding, both sides make an argument as to the merits of their "case" and then the arbitrator decides the outcome for both parties.

There are many different ways to segment negotiation to gain a greater understanding of the essential parts. One view of negotiation involves three basic elements:process,behaviorand substance.

Another view of negotiation comprises 4 elements:strategy,processandtools, andtactics. Strategy comprises the top level goals - typically including relationship and the final outcome. Processes and tools include the steps that will be followed and the roles taken in both preparing for and negotiating with the other parties. Tactics include more detailed statements and actions and responses to others' statements and action.

CONFLICTS

Conflictis actual or perceived opposition ofneeds,valuesand interests. A conflict can be internal (within oneself) to individuals. Conflict as a concept can help explain many aspects of social life such as socialdisagreement, conflicts of interests, andfightsbetween individuals, groups, or organizations. Inpoliticalterms, "conflict" can refer towars, revolutions or other struggles, which may involve theuse of forceas in the termarmed conflict. Without proper social arrangement or resolution, conflicts in social settings can result instressor tensions among stakeholders. When an interpersonal conflict does occur, its effect is often broader than two individuals involved, and can affect many associate individuals and relationships, in more or less adverse and sometimes even way.

The more difficult type of conflict is when values are theroot cause. It is more likely that a conflict over facts, or assumptions, will be

personality conflict

value differences

goal differences

methodological differences

substandard performance

lack of cooperation

differences regarding authority

differences regarding responsibility

competition over resources

non-compliance with rules

Conflict in the movie road to sangam

There was a difference between the views of Hashmat ulla, Maulana,and Kasuri. Hashmat ulla was on one side and Maulana and kasuri was on another side. According to hashmat ulla interest of the nation came first. But Kasuri & Maulana paid more importance to their religion. So there was a conflict between the three.

In the first half of the movie when Hashmat ulla came to take the permission of his committee members to open his shop and repair the ford engine on which the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were taken to sangam. There the committee members and the committee head they opposed him by saying that he was not thinking about his committee but thinking only about himself because he became famous as he was repairing the ford engine. So there was a conflict between their ideas.

Conclusion

A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah (Paresh Rawal) who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river 'Sangam'. He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent Leaders played by Om Puri and Pavan Mallhotra, of his community to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youths by the police. Will he support the protest and abandon the repair of the engine or go against the wishes of his community. Thus begins his journey. A journey of Gandhian values and principles. A journey of patriotism. A journey called "Road To Sangam (CONFLUENCE)".

Negotiation in the movie road to sangam

In the movie when the blast took place, the committee major people

raised the topic that why people relate only muslims whenever any

incident happens like bomblast etc. All the committee members

accepted to fight against the government decision and decided not to

open the shop.

Hashmat ullah ( Paresh Rawal) the central character of the movie,

was self motivated and went to the committee members to ask for the

permission to open his shop. The negotiation app roach was done here.