The story revolves around a brothel and its prostitutes, who ultimately fight for their place of residence, when under threat by politicians who are themselves frequent visitors. Mandi (1983), by Shyam Benegal is one such movie dealing with issues that the society talks about in dulled whispers, if at all. It won’t be too wrong to call it a “rebellious” branch of our otherwise conforming cinema. The emergence of parallel cinema had one simple aim: to give movie-goers something more than meaningless entertainment. Influences and impact of the parallel cinema It is known for its serious content, realism and naturalism, symbolic elements with a keen eye on the sociopolitical climate of the times, and for the rejection of inserted dance-and-song routines that are typical of mainstream Indian films. The movement was initially led by Bengali cinema and produced internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha and others. It is inspired by Italian Neorealism, Parallel Cinema began just before the French New Wave and Japanese New Wave, and was a precursor to the Indian New Wave of the 1960s. Parallel cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema, represented especially by popular Hindi cinema, known today as Bollywood. Parallel cinema’s contribution to Indian cinema.Contribution of cinema to Indian society.Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
In newsĭeath of Mrinal sen the last of Bengal Triumvirate Placing it in Syllabus The death of one of the pioneers of this new age movement can be a trigger for the questions. Parallel cinema is a major artistic movement in Indian cinema and it has the potential to be an independent question. Modern Art and Culture is part of the syllabus for UPSC both Preliminary and Mains.
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