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DOI: 10.1093/screen/26.3-4.116
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Indian Cinema: Pleasures and Popularity

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“…In explaining the popularity of Hindi cinema, researchers have traced its roots to Sanskrit dramas overlaid with the attributes of Parsi dramas (see Thomas 1985;Dissanayake and Moti Gokulsing 1996;Vasudevan 2011;Gehlawat 2013). This is different from Western cinema, led by Hollywood, which goes back to Greek drama and Aristotelian aesthetics in search of its groundings.…”
Section: Literature Review and Rasamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In explaining the popularity of Hindi cinema, researchers have traced its roots to Sanskrit dramas overlaid with the attributes of Parsi dramas (see Thomas 1985;Dissanayake and Moti Gokulsing 1996;Vasudevan 2011;Gehlawat 2013). This is different from Western cinema, led by Hollywood, which goes back to Greek drama and Aristotelian aesthetics in search of its groundings.…”
Section: Literature Review and Rasamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature exploring Hindi cinema can be broadly grouped into three major strands: first, tracking its chronological progression vis-à-vis the emergence of the nation-state (Rajadhyaksha and Willemen 1999;Ganti 2004;Desai 2007;Bose 2007); second, its reflection of the socio-cultural image of the Hindustan (Dudrah 2006;Dissanayake and Moti Gokulsing 1996;Nandi 1998;Virdi 2003;Pauwels 2007;Mishra 2002); third, its form and style and its comparison with Hollywood (Thomas 1985;Dwyer and Patel 2002). These strands have been approached by focusing on historical progress, mythological influence, major stars (Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachhan, Shahrukh Khan, Madhubala), 2 popular movies (Sholay, Awara, Mother India, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge), 3 audience behaviour pattern, legal framework, cultural traits (romance, song, melodrama), global reach, and so on.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…• Bollywood films are characterized by storylines that are more or less stereotypical, often remain fragmentary or episodical and contain several detailed subplots (Grimaud 2003;Rhagavendra 2006;Thomas 1985).…”
Section: A Comparative Cultural Approachmentioning
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“…Tantôt empêtré dans le « piège de l' i m a g e » ( Pandian 1992), tantôt acteur d'un « r ê ve éve i l l é » ( Kakar 2001), le spectateur indien participerait d'un jeu joué d' a vance dont les clés se situent ailleurs, souve n t même dans l'expérience religieuse, ce dont témoigne le recours récurrent au modèle de la vision du divin ( d a rÂa n ) . Le fait d' e n t rer en contact avec une image (celle d'une divinité ou d'un personnage important) tout en étant vu par elle et de t i rer de cette expérience un bénéfice, ce qui caractérise communément le d a rÂa n , est apparu comme un biais pertinent pour compre n d re la projection « à l' i nd i e n n e » (Eck 1981, Thomas 1985, Prasad 1998, Va s u d e van 2000). Ce transfert conceptuel, qui fait du spectateur un « d é vot dérivé », rassure sans doute ceux qui l' o p è rent sur l' « i n d i a n i t é » du cinéma contemporain.…”
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