Post modernist images in cinema
Indian cinema and post modernist symbols.
Deconstruction of Reality in Hindi Cinema
Harinath Kumar[1]
Prof. Govind Ji Pandey[2]
Abstract
Truth is created, reality is observed. When it comes to Cinema, it becomes the matter of representation. Representation of what, ideology, identity, culture; based on facts and figure. In the language of Cinema, the representation constructs truth and reality. It creates understanding and bond among individuals within cultural boundaries. Through symbols and codes, it conveys our concept. In a film, Different elements of composition (misce-en-scene analysis) are used in a way that audience could never think of before. Since cinema represents collective ambition of mass, it also deconstructs the reality. The investigation of the study begins with a broad review of Indian film criticism. This study tries to ascertain how previous published critical work on Indian Cinema has shaped our current understanding of popular Indian Films. As well as the study demonstrates how Indian’s cinematic history has been articulated through particular intellectual discourses. This study would also be an attempt to better address deconstruction of reality in the contemporary Hindi cinema and develop a new way of understanding the cinema. As the field of postmodern Hindi cinema studies is relatively uncharted, I felt that it was important to employ a variety of tools and strategies throughout my research in order to demonstrate the cinema‘s versatility. Thus, my methodology here shifted between formalist film theory, semiotics, (post)structuralism and broad cultural politics.
Key word: Deconstruction, Representation, Reality, Hindi Cinema.
[1] -Ph.D. Research Scholar at Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, (a central university) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
[2] -Professor at Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, (a central university) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
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