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Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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Bombay cinema was my first film passion – starting with the Hindi film records our Indian neighbour constantly played when I was a child in late-1970s Dublin.1 Long before I was initiated into the mysteries of Melville and Mizoguchi, I swaggered along with Raj Kapoor and swooned with Nargis. I couldn’t believe there was an ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
1y ago
Violence plays an integral role for post-colonial nations. However, violence is not always as explicit as a revolution or military intervention. Its manifestation can be slower and more ideologically charged. The interwoven politics of the central Government of India (hereby, GoI) and Bollywood, the world’s largest popular cinema industry, epitomises this. Bollywood uses soft power,1 ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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When High Caste Trumps Low Class! In a recent Netflix series Decoupled (Hardik Mehta, 2022), high profile, upper class/caste couple Arya Iyer (R. Madhavan), a renowned author, and Shruti (Surveen Chawla) a businesswoman, can’t stand the body odour of their driver Ganesh. On Shruti’s insistence a drunk Arya categorically tells Ganesh that he stinks, and ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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Devdas is an epic semi-autobiographical Bengali novella written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The novel was written in 1901, though was not published until 1917 due to Chattopadhyay’s embarrassment over his story1. He published several novels such as Nishkriti, Parineeta and Srikanta, but Devdas remains his most popular novel. Devdas is a tragic love story of ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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b. 26 February 1937, Bombay, British India d. 1 March 1994, Bombay, India ‘No event of any importance in India is complete without a goof-up’ – Ramachandra Guha1 Prologue It is one of the most famous moments in Indian film. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is in Coolie (1983), pacing through one of the many stylised fight ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
1y ago
Chandni kuch kaha/raat ne kuch suna. [The moon said something, which the night heard]. Soft blue moonlight enters a room awaft in billowing curtains, the full moon’s face gently pushes aside a sheer covering of clouds, and the camera cuts to a mid-level close-up shot of Pooja (Madhuri Dixit) looking dreamily, knowingly at the moon ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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2010: it’s a cold March afternoon and a group of secondary school students is gathered to watch My Name is Khan (Karan Johar, 2010). The atmosphere is electric: the film has been advertised for a good part of a year and there is a lot of anticipation, not only because Shahrukh Khan and Kajol make ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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On April 16, 2022, violence broke out between the Hindu and Muslim communities on the outskirts of the northern Indian city Roorkee. The Hindus claimed that a procession to celebrate their festival Hanuman Jayanti, marking the birth of their deity Hanuman, had been pelted with stones by Muslims.1 The incident was not isolated – throughout ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
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Love per Square Foot (Anand Tiwari, 2018), “Bollywood’s debut on Netflix”1 , is a romantic film with Mumbai as love object2. The opening credits are a montage of the major landmarks of the city with its famous commuter trains. Sanjay Chaturvedi (Vicky Kaushal) and Karina D’Souza (Angira Dhar) are both employees at a large bank ..read more
Senses of Cinema » Bollywood
1y ago
Anurag Kashyap is Bollywood’s enfant terrible. The release of his first film Paanch (2003) was prevented by the Indian censors owing to its violent content. The film, loosely based on serial killings that happened in the Indian city of Pune, was banned for its explicit portrayal of violence. His second film Black Friday (2004), a ..read more