Course Objectives

• To impart overall idea to the learners on the Hindi Cinema from colonial time to till date.

• To deliver to the learners various phases of development and growth of Hindi Cinema.

• To impart knowledge of Cinematic Narrative by keeping art and aesthetic value of Performance in Hindi Cinema with a special emphasis on Hindi Songs of the Indian Panorama.

• To attend screening of Indian Panorama by learners.

Learning Outcomes

• After successful completion of the course the learners will be able to understand the rise of the Hindi Cinema from beginning to till date.

• The learners would be able to appreciate the arts and aesthetic values of Hindi Cinema.

• The learners will be able to distinguish the role and function of the India Panorama.

Course Syllabus

Module I

Historical Overview:

The Parsi Theatre
The Silent Era and The Talkie
Narrating the Nation in Hindi Cinema
Romance and Social Mores: “Heroes and Heroines”

Module II

Some Significant Turns:

New Wave Cinema and The Formula Film
The Angry Young Man
The Indian Diaspora and Bollywood
Contemporary Bollywood Cinema

Module III

The Hindi Film Song:

Cinematic Narrative and the Song (theme, mood, story, relief, interior
monologue subversion)
Aesthetics: Rasa and Abhinaya, Raga and Tala
The Score – Lyrics, Music, Singer
Entertainment and the Public Imagination

Module IV

Hindi Cinema- Two case studies:

Suggested screenings:

Do Bigha Zamin/Bandini
Sahab, Bibi, Ghulam/ Pyaasa,
Awara/Shri 420
Mughal-e-Azam/Pakeeza
Deewar/ Zanjeer
Koi Mil Gaya/Krish
HTHK/DDLJ/Maine Pyar Kiya
Sholay/Amar Akbar Anthony

Indicative Reading List:

Bose, Mihir . Bollywood: a history. Tempus. 2006.
Griffiths, Alison "Discourses of Nationalism in Guru Dutt's Pyaasa," Deep Focus, 6.
Manschot, Johan; Vos, Marijke de . Behind the scenes of Hindi cinema: a
visual journey through the heart of Bollywood. KIT. 2005.
Mazumdar, Ranjani “Rage on Screen” from her Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2007 .
Rajadhyaksha, Ashish "Indian Cinema: Origins to Independence," in Geoffrey Nowell Smith, ed. The Oxford History of World Cinema. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ramachandran, T. M. 70 years of Indian cinema, 1913–1983. CINEMA India-International. June 1985.

Session Plan

Session 1

Introduction to Hindi Cinema

Introduction to History of Indian Cinema

[Theory]

Session 2

Parsi Theatre

The Parsi Theatre

[Theory]

Session 3

Silent Era and Talkies in Hindi Cinema

[Theory]

Session 4

Nation and Hindi Cinema

Nation in Indian Cinema

[Theory]

Session 5

Romance and Social Realism in Hindi Cinema

Social Impact of Hindi Cinema

[Theory]

Session 6

Stardom in Hindi Cinema

Hindi Cinema of 1960s

Era of Stardom in Hindi Cinema

[Theory]

Session 7

The Indian New Wave Cinema

Mrinal Sen Who Pioneered Indian New Wave

The Indian New Wave Cinema

Indian New Wave as Indian Panorama

[Theory]

Session 8

The Indian New Wave Cinema

Formula Film

[Theory]

Session 9

The Angry Young Man

Angry Young Man

[Theory]

Session 10

Indian Diaspora and Bollywood

Diaspora and Exemplarity in Bollywood

Bollywood in the Indian Diaspora

Impact of Hindi Films

Indian Diaspora of USA and Bollywood Film

[Theory]

Session 11

Contemporary Bollywood Cinema

Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century

New Indian Cinema

[Theory]

Session 12

Hindi Film Song

Role of Hindi Songs

History of Hindi Songs

Hindi Songs based on Lyrics

[Theory]

Session 13

Aesthetics in Hindi Film Songs

Aesthetics of Hindi Film Songs

Selected Hindi Film Songs

[Theory]

Session 14

Lyrics, Music, Singer in Bollywood

Evolutionary Change in Bollywood Lyrics

[Theory]

Session 15

Entertainment and Public Imagination

Bollywood and Indian Imagination

[Theory]

Session 16

Screening of Hindi Cinema

DO BIGHA ZAMEEN (1953) by Bimal Roy

[Practical]

Session 17

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Bandini (1963) by Bimal Roy

[Practical]

Session 18

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Saheb, Bibi, Ghulam (1962) by Abrar Alvi

[Practical]

Session 19

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Pyasaa (1957) by Guru Dutt

[Practical]

Session 20

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Awara (1956) by Raj Kapoor

[Practical]

Session 21

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Shri 420 (1955) by Raj Kapoor

[Practical]

Session 22

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Mughal-e-Azam (1960) by K Asif

[Practical]

Session 23

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Pakeeza (1972) by Kamal Amrohi

[Practical]

Session 24

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Deewar (1975) by Yash Chopra

[Practical]

Session 25

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Zanjeer (1973) by Prakash Mehra

[Practical]

Session 26

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Sholay (1975) by Ramesh Sippy

[Practical]

Session 27

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) by Satyajit Ray

[Practical]

Session 28

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Mother India (1957) by Mehboob Khan

[Practical]

Session 29

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) by Sooraj Barjatya

[Practical]

Session 30

Screening of Hindi Cinema

Jodha Akbar (2008) by Ashutosh Gowarikar

[Practical]

Case Studies I

Project Work on Hindi Cinema (1960s, 1970s)

Case Studies II

Project Work on Contemporary Hindi Cinema