Art Cinema and Popular Cinema

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NAME: AMI SOJITRA
PAPER: MSMC
COLLEGE: DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,MKBU
TOPIC: ART CINEMA AND POPULAR CINEMA
CLASS: M.A. PART 2
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 ART CINEMA AND POPULAR CINEMA

 

 INTRODUCTION

Bengal was the first state to be colonized by the British. They have started to rule over India from Bengal. Most of the revolution took place in Bengal and in the initial stage of Indian film industry (Bollywood) Bengali directors have been played vital role in the development and the progress.

It was the time when drama and written material like poem, novel, stories etc. were only the source of knowledge and entertainment. As from the time of Shakespeare only stories of high class people who have a power position used to be the hero of the story even our most of the myths also support this argument. The language must be ornamental because elite people used such language which common man cannot speak.
As the Indian film industry was established in India, the theme was to go back to your roots; Initial films were about myths and Indian great history. Film is an instrument of entertainment but some of the time film becomes more than only the source of entertainment. Film is an audio visual medium so anyone can enjoy the film. So the film makers are not always the deep thinkers they are just story tellers. The story which may provide entertainment, it made us laugh or sad, it gives relief or disturb the audience.
According to Rabindranath Tagore:
"Form in art changes according to the means it uses, I believe that the new art that could be expected to develop out the motion picture has not yet made it appearance. In politics we are looking for independence in and they must do the same. Every art seeks to find its on Independent manner of expression within the world it create; otherwise it's self expression is undefined for the lack of confidence in itself......No creative genius has yet arrived to deliver it from in bondage. This act of rescue will not be easy, because in poetry, painting and music the means are not expensive, where as in the cinema, one need not only creativity but financial capital is well."
Thus, film is not only about creativity it is also about money or finance. Some of the time producers may fail to produce such a kind of film because lake of technology or maybe lack of finance. The film "Sayrat" is the best example that what the producers can do with the film if they have a financial support.
We can divide cinema into two types
1) Dominant cinema
2) Counter cinema
Dominant cinema has been made for entertainment purpose. Basically the cinema is medium of entertainment which is based on fiction and gives aesthetic pleasure to the audience. The things used to represent with the glamorization. Popular cinema can be considered as a dominant cinema. Counter cinema is also entertaining the audience but it has real story. it's based on reality which may be fails to entertain the audience but the cinema have more than entertainment. The things used to represent with the nude reality. Art cinema or parallel cinema can be considered as a counter cinema.

ART CINEMA:

One moment occurred in Indian cinema which was leaded by such directors and producers like Bimal Roy, Satyajit Ray, Ketan Mehta, Ritwik Ghatak,Raj Kapoor etc. have been introduced some avoidable part of India behind The Great Glory parts. The unheard voice was raised in parallel cinema. The glory of India is the various culture languages of the people which was reflected in Kotadi or the rural spaces. But generally in the great stories these things used to hide behind the curtain.
Cinema is not always only made of dialogues but it has meaningful frame, eye of camera, light-dominant, action, location and background music, Pause, Slow motion and fast motion which suggest more than dialogues and action. Popular cinema has also used this but parallel cinema has used this all in sensational way. Some of the time the frame suggest more than describe in the picture.
Cinema used to describe every descent things and if it is not that than it will be cover up by glamour. Most of time the bright part of country has been shown more brighten in the cinema. But the parallel cinema has focus upon the dark and the grey part of country. The thing which may provide entertainment and it gives feeling of relief or the reality will disturb the mind. Those who have money and power have been never at the side of victims may they never feel that so it was always voidable part of them and without feeling of such a pain one may not understand.
In parallel cinema, camera watched the things from both side and then audience can decide or give the judgement. Parallel cinema has been focused on the small corner of the India it maybe corner of a small village of Gujarat or the corner of Calcutta. Parallel cinema in India was produced after the Independence. After the exploitation of 200 years how the Indian looks is described in the most of the parallel cinema. Not the people are exploited by British but now their own people have started to rule and again poor become worst.
On other side the growth and progress of town and city where industrialization has attract the people from villages so the migration from City to village in some of the film is describe positively while some film have described disastrous impact of industrialization and migration. Film like Manthan shows how people of rural are uneducated and their life, politics, Social awareness, life of women, untouchability is shown in Bhavni Bhavai and Achhut Kanya, and industrialization, power, hegemony, subaltern, subjectivity represented through Do Bigha Zamin and other social issues were highlighted by parallel cinema.

POPULAR CINEMA:

The popular cinema is made to better suit what the director, producers, and actors consider as audience entertainment. Popular cinema is designed around selling tickets and making money at the expense of catering to the demands of an audience. 
An example of popular cinema is the Shaw shank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont. The cinema is based on a young banker (Andy) he had his life changed quickly when he was convicted of the murdering his wife and lover then sentenced to life in prison. As the story unfolds, Andy shows that he is a not a typical prisoner.Films were created and designed around the concept of transforming the art of still photography into a moving picture. Film has never been made for the sole purpose of catering to what audience¶s desire. Films have always been made from the artistic point of view of the director, producers, and writer.

The contribution of popular cinema is immense as it connects entire India, actor Sharmila Tagore said here on Tuesday. If she wrote her memoirs some day, she would throw more light on this subject, Ms. Tagore added. “I have learnt quite a few things from my film-scholar friends on how to look at popular cinema. We always criticize popular since but I think that the contribution of popular cinema is immense as it really connects entire India and tell us stories in a different way,” Ms. Tagore said while interacting with press-persons at the 21st edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).

CONCLUSION:

Thus, Art cinema and popular cinema both are similar to each other and now a days amalgamation of both the types of film become helpful to give best film to indian film industries. Film is not all about story but it has more than a simple story.

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