This PPT is part of my academic activity. Here I have tried to compare character of mugo from grain of wheat and lakha from lagaan.

1. Name : Dharaba Rayjada
M. A Sem : 4
Paper No. 14 : African Literature
Department of English, MKBU

2.  Mugo is a character in a novel “A Grain of Wheat”
written by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o.
 Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is a Kenyan writer, and this novel
was published in 1967.
 Yashpal Sharma has played the role of Lakha in movie
“Lagaan”.
 The movie was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, and
was released in 2001.
 Both novel and movie has same theme of fighting for
freedom against the colonizers. The reason and the
way is different.
 In novel all are fighting for the freedom of nation and
in movie all are fighting for freedom from tax.
 In novel villagers have chosen the path of violent
movements, while in movie they are fighting by
Cricket game.

3. They both have cheated their own
people, who trusted them.

4.  Lakha has father and
though he is in
colonial phase of
nation he has not
suffered any mental
or physical abuse.
 Mugo don’t has parents. He
has been raised by his aunt.
He has suffered mental and
physucal abuse at detention
camp and also at his aunt’s
home.
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5.  Lakha has father and though he
is in colonial phase of nation he
has not suffered any mental or
physical abuse.
 Mugo don’t has
parents. He has been
raised by his aunt. He
has suffered mental
and physical abuse at
detention camp and
also at his aunt’s home.
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6.  Lakha is extrovert.
He live surrounded
by people.
 Mugo is introvert. He
likes to live alone and
most of his life he has
lived alone.
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7.  Lakha is extrovert. He
live surrounded by people.
 Mugo is introvert. He
likes to live alone and
most of his life he has
lived alone.
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8.  Lakha has cheated
because he was
jealous from Bhuvan
and he want love of
Gauri.
 Mugo cheated because his
inner peace was
disturbed. He did it for
his own selfish motives.
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9.  Lakha has cheated
because he was jealouse
from Bhuvan and he want
love of Gauri.
 Mugo cheated
because his inner
peace was disturbed.
He did it for his own
selfish motives.
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10.  Lakha has been
caught cheating.
After all these he was
accepted by villagers.
 Mugo has confessed his
betrayal. After that he
was sentenced to death.
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11.  Lakha has been caught
cheating. After all these
he was accepted by
villagers.
 Mugo has confessed
his betrayal. After
that he was
sentenced to death.
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12.  Lakha has no sense
of guilt. He don’t has
any other way and
that is why he choose
to play with villagers.
 Mugo’s guilt leads him to
the confession. That guilt
comes from people’s
recognision of him as
Hero.
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13.  Lakha has no sense of
guilt. He don’t has any
other way and that is why
he choose to play with
villagers.
 Mugo’s guilt leads
him to the confession.
That guilt comes
from people’s
recognition of him as
Hero.
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14.  Both are
Jaychand.
 Why Mugo didn’t
choose to live a life
of Hero?

15. Lagaan : Once Upon a Time in India. Dir.
Ashutosh Gowariker. 2001.
Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa. A Grain of Wheat.
Heinemann, 1967.

16. Than
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