Exploring Hindi Cinema
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Ambika Sankar Mishra
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Exploring Hindi Cinema
Code: CUTM1268, Credit : 2+2+2=6
Course Objectives
CO1. To impart overall idea to the learners on the Hindi Cinema from colonial time to till date.
CO2. To deliver to the learners various phases of development and growth of Hindi Cinema.
CO3. 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.
CO4. To attend screening of Indian Panorama by learners.
Learning Outcomes
After completion of the course students will be
1. Able to understand the rise of the Hindi Cinema from beginning to till date.
2.Able to appreciate the arts and aesthetic values of Hindi Cinema.
3.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/BandiniSahab, Bibi, Ghulam/ Pyaasa,Awara/Shri 420, Mughal-e-Azam/Pakeeza, Deewar/ Zanjeer, Koi Mil Gaya/Krish, HTHK/DDLJ/Maine Pyar KiyaSholay/Amar Akbar Anthony
References Recommended:
- 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: avisual 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.
Session 2
History of Hindi Cinema
In this Practice session, students will discuss about the history of Hindi Cinema
Session 3
History of Hindi Cinema
In this session, students will make presentations about history of Hindi Cinema
Session 4
The Parsi Theatre
Students will submit projects on Parsi theatre
Session 6
The Silent Era and The Talkie era
In this practice session, students will discuss about silent era and Talkie era
Session 7
The Silent Era and The Talkie Era
In this session, students will work on group project about silent era and Talkie era
Session 9
Narrating the Nation in Hindi Cinema
In this session, students will work on group project about silent era and Talkie era
Session 10
Romance in Hindi Cinema
https://www.slideshare.net/christinejoung97/genre-study-bollywood
Session 11
Romance in Hindi Cinema
In this session, students will work on group projects about silent era and Talkie era
https://www.slideshare.net/christinejoung97/genre-study-bollywood
Session 12
Social Mores in Hindi Cinema
https://www.slideshare.net/samrinriya/cinema-its-impact-on-society-42937398
Session 13
Social Mores in Hindi Cinema
In this Practice session, students will discuss about Social Mores in Hindi Cinema
https://www.slideshare.net/samrinriya/cinema-its-impact-on-society-42937398
Session 14
Heroes and Heroines
In this Practice session, students will discuss about Heroes and Heroines
Session 15
Heroes and Heroines
In this session, students will work on a group project about Heroes and Heroines
Session 17
New wave Cinema,
In this practice session, students will discussion about Ardha Satya
Session 18
New wave Cinema,
In this practice session, students will discussion about Manthan
Session 19
New Wave Cinema
In this practice session, students will discuss about New Wave Cinema
Session 20
New Wave Cinema
In this practice session, students will make individual presentations on new wave cinema
Session 22
Commercial Cinema
In this practice session, students will discuss about commercial cinema
Session 23
Commercial Cinema
In this session, students will make individual presentations on commercial cinema
Session 25
The Formula Film
In this practice session students will discuss about formula films
https://www.slideshare.net/pushkarkaushik98/film-industrybollywood
Session 26
The Formula Film
In this session, students will make individual presentations on Formula film
https://www.slideshare.net/pushkarkaushik98/film-industrybollywood
Session 28
The Angry Young Man
In this practice session, students will make group discussion on Amitabh Bachchan
Session 29
The Angry Young Man
In this session, students will make individual presentations on Amitabh Bachchan
Session 31
The Hindi Film Song
In this session, Students will submit individual projects on Hindi Movie Songs
Session 37
Session 41
Singer
In this Practice session, Students will discuss about Bollywood Singers
https://prezi.com/ni09zeqbr79a/music-of-bollywood-presentation/
Session 42
Singer
In this session, Students will make individual presentations on selected Bollywood Singers.
https://prezi.com/ni09zeqbr79a/music-of-bollywood-presentation/
Session 43
Entertainment and the Public Imagination
In this Practice session, Students will discuss about Entertainment and the Public Imagination
https://www.slideshare.net/samrinriya/cinema-its-impact-on-society-42937398
Session 45
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
https://www.slideshare.net/TasmiyaRavoof/dilwale-dulhaniya-le-jayenge
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