Rang De Basanti

sexualized, nor always second to man or patriarchal. In Bollywood films, women are represented as having bold characteristics that are stereotypically “masculine”, when faced with adversity. I will use the films Mother India and Rang De Basanti to prove my thesis. In Rang De Basanti (2006), A young, struggling

subcontinent has brought along with it a series of new genres in Bollywood movies. Movies showcasing freedom being fought for by the youth and women are just a couple of interesting ones. I’ll be exploring two different movies Dor (2006) and Rang De Basanti (2006), each of which has its own take on ‘freedom’ and ‘choice’. Dor has a very simple storyline; two female protagonists (Meera and Zeenat) whose husbands respectively (Shankar and Amir) leave India to get employed in the Middle East. Unfortunately

HAVE WE TAKEN OUR INDEPENDENCE FOR GRANTED ????? Today as we freely move around in our country without anyone questioning or imposing any kinds of restrictions on us we feel satisfied and contended. But this satisfaction is due to the efforts taken by our freedom fighters or national leaders to free our country from the British rule. Its because of our them that today we are enjoying are freedom. Their satyagrahas, sacrifices, and tortures have resulted in the freedom that

Peepli Live, a 2010 Indian film, displays the controversial topic of “farmer suicides” by highlighting one significant farmer, Natha Das ManikPuri. Although there are various satirical lines of the film, Peepli Live reveals the chaos and blackmail that exists with the agriculture infrastructure in India. When Peepli Live came out in 2010, I had no interest to watch it with my family, however, seven years later, I am interested because it relates to the South Asian curriculum. After the film, I developed

One of my pastimes was watching movies. Besides Andaz Apna Apna, I would watch the popular movies playing in the theatre (#FastAndFuriousSeries #DhoomSeries), and occasionally watch the movies that play on Sony Max (#Sooryavansham #TarzanTheWonderCar #TheyNeedNewMovies). Can this even be called a hobby? Was I being passionate about my passion? I decided to convert this pastime into a hobby by watching the 250 highest rated movies ever made. It took me three years (nearly 2 movies a week), but it

From Raja Harishchandra (1913) to The Good Road (2013), the cinema of India, an extremely important part of our cultural identity celebrating its centenary this year. Has been working as an ambassador of India to a global audience since the day of its inception. In India, it is often seen that films made in Hindi targeted at a larger audience, commonly known as mainstream movies or Bollywood films, employ a different grammar of filmmaking than that is used in so-called sensible or parallel cinema

It is truth and universally acknowledged that when ‘Word’ is compared to ‘Sword’, ‘Word’ is more ‘powerful’. Words are the most powerful ‘weapons’ in the world. Scars given by sword will only harm our ‘flesh’ and will fade away with time but scars given by words will rip our ‘souls’ and will remain till the end of your life. Words are so powerful that it can make us closer and unite us and also at the same time can corrupt and separate us. Words that we speak also incarnate our image. If there had

musical cues in the scores for Sangamam and Iruvar used Carnatic vocals, the veena, rock guitar and jazz.[41] During the 2000s, Rahman composed popular scores for Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain, Alaipayuthey, Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, Rang De Basanti[42] and songs with Hindustani motifs for 2005's Water. Rahman has worked with Indian poets and lyricists such as Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Vairamuthu and Vaali, and has produced commercially-successful soundtracks with directors Mani

HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA When we talk about history, we start with firsts. The first ever life form, the first man to walk the moon, the first ever film. Indian Cinema, in the past 70 years, has seen films in about 30 languages. So, it is safe to say that The Indian Cinema has seen many firsts. Let’s start with Marathi; because the first ever Indian film and a silent one at that was made in Marathi. Raja Harishchandra produced by Dadasaheb Phalke ,known as the Father of Indian Cinema, was made

How Bollywood Uses New Media Tools For Marketing its Movie. Nirajan Rijal Abstract In today’s world thousands of movies release each year. Every movie has its own promotional strategies. To pull audience in theatre, producers and movie distributors use innovative strategies. There is a tough competition between movies, so promotion is most important part. New media is the latest platform to market movies. Movie website