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2. ROAD TO SANGAM






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

The imaginative plot about the Mahatma’s 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 DharamGulati 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.
SandeshShandilya’s re-worked interpretation of Gandhianbhajans 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 Gandhiji’s 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 today’s divided times, the narrative at times
slips into the realm of naive idealism.

3. 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.

PareshRawal 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 Gandhi’s memories often comes across
as benign caricatures.

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

“Road ToSangam” 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 Paresh’s 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 today’s age of rage.
There’s a lesson to be learnt from this film. Luckily, we aren’t required to
dig too deep into the narrative to procure the message.
Gentle and heart-warming “Road ToSangam” is that rare passionate paean
to patriotism that doesn’t resort to flag-waving even once.

4. Personality:-

The personalities of characters of the films are described below-
Hasmatullha (pareshRawal) – 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 NawabKasoori. 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 (JavedShekh) – 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.

MaulanaQureshi (Pawanmalhotra) – 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.

5. Motivation:-
As the processes that account for an individual’s 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:

6. 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 one’s 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 can’t 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. That’s 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.

7. 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 manager’s 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.

8. 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
didn’t 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

9. up. Still wanting to offer support to his community, Hasmat went to the
museum to inform that he won’t be doing the work. But when he visited
Gandhi’s 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,

10. 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

11. HOW VALUE COMES FROM THE FILM ROAD TO SANGAM
In this film
Husmatullah (PareshRawal), 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.

12. 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.

13. 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
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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
Negotiation is a dialogue intended to resolve 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 of alternative
dispute resolution.
Negotiation occurs in business, non-profit organizations, and government
branches, legal proceedings, among nations and in personal situations such as

14. marriage, divorce, parenting, and everyday life. The study of the subject is
called negotiation 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
to mediation where a disinterested third party listens to each side’s arguments
and attempts to help craft an agreement between the parties. It is also related
to arbitration which, as with a legal proceeding, both sides make an argument as
to the merits of their "case" and then the arbitratordecides 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, behavior and substance.
Another view of negotiation comprises 4 elements: strategy, process and tools,
and tactics. 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
Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests. A
conflict can be internal (within oneself) to individuals. Conflict as a concept can
help explain many aspects of social life such as social disagreement, conflicts of
interests, and fights between individuals, groups, or organizations.
In political terms, "conflict" can refer to wars, revolutions or other struggles,

15. which may involve the use of force as in the term armed conflict. Without proper
social arrangement or resolution, conflicts in social settings can result in stress or
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 the root 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








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 approach was done here.

16. Conflict in the movie road to sangam
There was a difference between the views of Hashmatulla,
Maulana,andKasuri. Hashmatulla was on one side and Maulana and kasuri was on
another side. According to hashmatulla 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 Hashmatulla 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.

17. Conclusion



A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic
named HashmatUllah (PareshRawal) 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 PavanMallhotra,
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 ToSangam (CONFLUENCE)".