Real Life & Reel Life DramaBy:-

Group No. 8, Section A

Abhinav Vohra 11BM60007Garima Nagar 11BM60037

Biju K Varughese 11BM60069Pooja Gupta 11BM60105

OBC Presentation

Historica – Rolling the Reels

1970’sThe era of disenchantment with the system

1980’sThe era of absolute anarchy

1990 ‘s – present

The era of Globalizati

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1970’sThe era of disenchantment

with the system

REAL• War with Pakistan• Declaration of

Emergency• Virtual breakdown of

democratic institutions

• Sharpening of disparities

• Rise of a non ideological, self serving political class

REEL• Evolution of parallel

cinema (films by Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Basu Chatterjee) – deviation from the standard song and dance sequences

• Focus was on existing problems of the people

• The rise of the angry young man – fighting the evils of the society

The films glorified violence. Justified villainy and believed that evil can be dispensed only with evil. Thus resounding the popular sentiment of the time.

1980’sThe era of absolute anarchy

REAL• Downfall of the

Congress Party• Emergence of

regional, communal and caste based formations

• Absence of stability aggravated the social and economic transactions

REEL• Fall of the angry

young man to more diverse options

• Films focussing on famines, peasant conditions etc got international acclaim

• Films like Arth Satya tried to bring order to the anarchy

• Films also started dealing with women’s empowerment

• Lot of songs and dances with voyeuristic display

This phase marked the shift India was attempting to make in political and economic spheres. The films were also of experimental and exploratory nature.

1990’s - PresentThe era of globalization

REAL• Opening of the Indian

economy to the world.• MNCs swarmed in to

get a chunk of the Indian pie.

• Social life came under a threat as a result of marketization

• Displacement of indigenous industries under the onslaught of the MNCs

REEL• Films gave assurance

and security• Hum aapke hain kaun

gave illusion of happy joint families

• Films like DDLJ, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai gave tradition and custom like obedience to the patriarchal law, respect for elders and celebration of love, friendship and need to internalize conflicts

The country was no longer the old traditional India. It was reborn. The movies tried to link this new India with the traditional India.

Reel influence on Real• Fashion - Daily soaps, cinema eg. Mohra

bandana, Tere Naam hair cut etc• Business - Tourism, promotion of locales, movie

merchandize, ideas like Disney World etc• Awareness - Knowledge Documentaries by

Discovery, programs like Man VS Wild, Inconvenient Truth etc

• Culture - Promoting spirits of communal harmony, international brotherhood

• Politics – Lot of stars get straight entry into politics owing to their vast popularity eg Jaya Lalitha, Hema Malini etc

• Bringing affordable entertainment to people• Negative influence - Shows like Shaktiman,

Thumbs Up ads, Movie Stunts can be dangerous.

Real influence on Reel• As real as it gets - Slumdog Millionaire,

No one killed jessica, bandit queen, titanic etc

• Television rating points : TRPs measure is very useful for advertisers, who use it to help them decide which TV  channels and programmes to place their advertising in.

• News, Wars, Sports Events, Action events, biographies etc.

• Reality TV – Shows like Big Boss, Roadies, Fear Factor, India’s Got Talent, Saregama are all real people being shown through the screen.

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Year Movie Net Gross (Rs)

2009 3 Idiots 202 Crores

2008 Ghajini 114 Crores

1996 DDLJ 80 Crores

2001 Gadar 73 Crores

1994 Hum Aapke hain Kaun

69 Crores

1975 Sholay 15 Crores

1960 Mughal-e-Azam

5.5 Crores

1957 Mother India

4 Crores

1955 Shree 420 2 Crores

1952 Aan 1 Crores

References

• http://movie.webindia123.com• http://www.indianetzone.com• http://pib.nic.in• http://currentessays.blogspot.com• http://en.wikipedia.org• www.boxofficeindia.com