The Influence of Indian Religions and Philosophical Schools on Indian Popular Cinema
Subject Areas : Christianity
Keywords: Popular cinema, intellectual cinema, melodrama, Neo-realism, maya, dharma, karma, samsāra, varna, moksa,
Abstract :
The phenomenology of Indian popular films, based on identifying boththe philosophical and technical codes, is a prolegomenon for achievinga domestic dialogue as a global popular culture. The formation of thedialogues based on the structure of the indigenous philosophical andreligious thought, and creation of a romantic, dreamy and imaginaryworld influenced by the philosophical, religious and mythologicalcomponents and elements, have provided the possibility of realizationof a global phenomenon regarding traditionalism and Indigenism. Themain concern of this article is to survey the paradoxical narrativedialogue of the Indian popular cinema which besides its "massproduction", "stereotypes", "audience-oriented approach" and …reflects the philosophical and religious heritage of the land. But theartistic and the intellectual works of the Indian cinema, in spite of theirstrong realism, characterization, poetic language and … are not able toexpress the minimums of the Indian cultural, ethnic, traditional,intellectual and philosophical identity.