Indian History and Film
Indian History and Film
- Outline the main details of the history of India
- Who was Mohandas Gandhi?
- Explain the role of music and dance in Indian cinema.
- What were some of the main characteristics of the film in Colonial India?
- What are the 5 main languages in India?
- What are some of the main characteristics of Indian cinema during the 1950s and 1960s? (Early Post-Colonial Indian Cinema)
- Explain the notion of “existential loneliness” in Indian cinema.
- Research the popular story of Krishna and Radha. How were they?
- What information did you find most fascinating about Indian cinema in the chapter so far?
- Explain the emergence of the action hero in Indian cinema. How does it relate to the political circumstances in the country
- What happened in India between 1975-77? Who was Indira Gandhi?
- What is the legacy of Amitabh Bachchan?
- How has he established himself as the iconic figure of Indian cinema?
- What was “masala film”?
- Explain Bollywood versus Parallel Cinema
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