By: Anshuman Tripathy 4MAIS Post World War II, when most colonial powers fell short of their powers and had to give off colonies their independence globally, a new cultural movement arose worldwide: Third Cinema. The idea of the Third Cinema urges filmmakers to resist imperialism and colonialism/neocolonialism by telling stories of struggle from their own perspective. In the 1960s, two Argentinian filmmakers, Fernando Solanas and Octavio Gettino, wrote a manifesto called “Toward a Third Cinema.” This inspired filmmakers in the Latin American region, Asia, and Africa. Third cinema aimed to get more stories of struggles out from the Third World. The concept of Third Cinema was Marxist: anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist. It even developed its foundations from Antonio Gramsci’s theory of Cultural Hegemony. The reason Third Cinema was called Third was also due to Solanas and Gettino’s critique of American Hollywood and European cinema. They pointed out how the Hollywoo
The "South" took over the Citadel-- An Analysis of the rising South Indian Film Industry | Student Works
The South Indian film industry has been in a vehement uproar over the last five to six years. The trend and the taste of the audience have turned the tables of focus towards South Indian movie industry, only further solidified by the Golden Globes’ win bagged by RRR’s music director MM Keeravani, as well as their Oscars’ nomination for Best Foreign Film. Sequels and prequels about 'smugglers' (Rockybhai and Pushpa) have taken over the game into what we cinematically call the "next level." Since R. Rajamouli and his vision of filmmaking which he calls 'larger than life’ films, fictitious characterizations are placed over and above gravity. His exuberance has paid off well at the box office, and his filmography proves the same. Emotional undertones in diverse stories like Eega aimed for the viewers' hearts straight in the bull's eye. Baahubali, RRR , and Pushpa broke the box office records, and the otherwise stereotypical advantages of Bollywood put the