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How ‘Social Message’ Films Amplify the Indian Government’s Policies – Senses of Cinema

How ‘Social Message’ Films Amplify the Indian Government’s Policies – Senses of Cinema

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On April 16, 2022, violence broke out between the Hindu and Muslim communities on the outskirts of the northern Indian city Roorkee. The Hindus claimed that a procession to celebrate their festival Hanuman Jayanti, marking the birth of their deity Hanuman, had been pelted with stones by Muslims.1 The incident was not isolated – throughout

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The Caste Blindness of Bollywood NRI Genre Films – Senses of Cinema

The Caste Blindness of Bollywood NRI Genre Films – Senses of Cinema

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When High Caste Trumps Low Class! In a recent Netflix series Decoupled (Hardik Mehta, 2022), high profile, upper class/caste couple Arya Iyer (R. Madhavan), a renowned author, and Shruti (Surveen Chawla) a businesswoman, can’t stand the body odour of their driver Ganesh. On Shruti’s insistence a drunk Arya categorically tells Ganesh that he stinks, and

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Why You Don’t Leave? Bandra English and its Sources in Love Per Square Foot – Senses of Cinema

Why You Don’t Leave? Bandra English and its Sources in Love Per Square Foot – Senses of Cinema

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Love per Square Foot (Anand Tiwari, 2018), “Bollywood’s debut on Netflix”1 , is a romantic film with Mumbai as love object2. The opening credits are a montage of the major landmarks of the city with its famous commuter trains. Sanjay Chaturvedi (Vicky Kaushal) and Karina D’Souza (Angira Dhar) are both employees at a large bank,

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A Devdas For Every Generation – Senses of Cinema

A Devdas For Every Generation – Senses of Cinema

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Devdas is an epic semi-autobiographical Bengali novella written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The novel was written in 1901, though was not published until 1917 due to Chattopadhyay’s embarrassment over his story1. He published several novels such as Nishkriti, Parineeta and Srikanta, but Devdas remains his most popular novel.  Devdas is a tragic love story of

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OTT to spoil the audience with ample and endless content?

OTT to spoil the audience with ample and endless content?

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“No traditional Friday box office opening pressure and no chest-thumping about gross worldwide collections, making the lifespan of films infinite.” In an exclusive discussion with BOC, Mr. Aamod Gupte, Senior Corporate Counsel with over 30 years of experience in media, entertainment and digital space put light on everything going in, by, and for the OTT.

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DILIP KUMAR- The Ultimate Method Actor

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  Dilip Kumar was not only one of the earliest superstars of Hindi cinema, but also one of the few legendary artists India has seen. Dilip Kumar’s resume contains many of Indian cinema’s landmark, genre-defining roles. His performances as the drunken, doomed lover in Devdas and the rebellious royal son in Mughal-e-Azam have been endlessly referenced by his successors on-screen.

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