Chopra Samir (Professor Department Of Philosophy City University Of New York Usa)
Chopra Samir (Professor Department Of Philosophy City University Of New York Usa) - Shyam Benegal Filmmaker And Philosopher - Paperback
Chopra Samir (Professor Department Of Philosophy City University Of New York Usa) - Shyam Benegal Filmmaker And Philosopher - Paperback
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Description: For over forty years Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking Benegal is both of and not of Bollywood. As a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian the subaltern if you will the serf the peasant the woman and imposes a distinctive philosophical vision on his cinematic reworkings of literary products. To understand Benegal's cinema is to understand through his lens modern India's continued process of political and social becoming. Focusing on the philosophical depth of Benegal's oueuvre Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of his work: - A trio of films which signalled to middle - class India that a revolt was brewing in India's hinterlands - Two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and bring viewers into the lives of Indian women by showcasing strong interesting female characters - Benegal the master storyteller who possessed of a unique fabulist style in a reboot of the Indian epic Mahabharata a Ruskin Bond novel set during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and a Rashomon - like retelling of an Indian experimental novel where three perspectives converge to form a unified whole
Title: Shyam Benegal Filmmaker And Philosopher
Author(s): Chopra Samir (Professor Department Of Philosophy City University Of New York Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350063556
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 1/14/2021
Series: Philosophical Filmmakers
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
Description: For over forty years Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking Benegal is both of and not of Bollywood. As a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian the subaltern if you will the serf the peasant the woman and imposes a distinctive philosophical vision on his cinematic reworkings of literary products. To understand Benegal's cinema is to understand through his lens modern India's continued process of political and social becoming. Focusing on the philosophical depth of Benegal's oueuvre Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of his work: - A trio of films which signalled to middle - class India that a revolt was brewing in India's hinterlands - Two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and bring viewers into the lives of Indian women by showcasing strong interesting female characters - Benegal the master storyteller who possessed of a unique fabulist style in a reboot of the Indian epic Mahabharata a Ruskin Bond novel set during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and a Rashomon - like retelling of an Indian experimental novel where three perspectives converge to form a unified whole
Title: Shyam Benegal Filmmaker And Philosopher
Author(s): Chopra Samir (Professor Department Of Philosophy City University Of New York Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350063556
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 1/14/2021
Series: Philosophical Filmmakers
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
