Event Title
The New Age of Bollywood
Location
Diamond 242
Start Date
30-4-2015 9:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 10:25 AM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
Bollywood movies have generally been a source of escape from reality for the middle class of India. Although the middle class makes up a large segment of the society, most are unaware of the social-economic, religious or educational problems that face people around them. Movies can be a powerful source of delivering these messages to them and articulating discussion. Since the 21st Century, filmmakers in India have been trying to use Bollywood as an instrument of sending these messages to the middle class. However, they have slowly come to realize that the only way of appealing to the Indian mass population is by disguising the messages within the glamorous world of Bollywood. In my paper, I will look into why filmmakers need to camouflage their messages, how successful they have been in doing so and whether this technique will start a new culture of Indian cinema going forth. The films that I will look at include "3 Idiots", "PK", "Oh My God!", "Munnabhai MBBS", "Lage Raho Munnabhai" and "Koi Mil Gaya".
Faculty Sponsor
Nikky Singh
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Religious Studies Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1761
The New Age of Bollywood
Diamond 242
Bollywood movies have generally been a source of escape from reality for the middle class of India. Although the middle class makes up a large segment of the society, most are unaware of the social-economic, religious or educational problems that face people around them. Movies can be a powerful source of delivering these messages to them and articulating discussion. Since the 21st Century, filmmakers in India have been trying to use Bollywood as an instrument of sending these messages to the middle class. However, they have slowly come to realize that the only way of appealing to the Indian mass population is by disguising the messages within the glamorous world of Bollywood. In my paper, I will look into why filmmakers need to camouflage their messages, how successful they have been in doing so and whether this technique will start a new culture of Indian cinema going forth. The films that I will look at include "3 Idiots", "PK", "Oh My God!", "Munnabhai MBBS", "Lage Raho Munnabhai" and "Koi Mil Gaya".
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/373