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Since its advent in the beginning of last century, the Indian film industry, or “Bollywood,” has played an integral role in both the expression of social frustration, and the formation of national identity. This was true in the 1930s when the caste system “became a central issue of cinematic exploration” (Gokulsing and Dissanayake, 2004, p. 10), and after the 1947 partition when “the important role that Indian films have played in building nationhood” (Gokulsing and Dissanayake, 2004, p. 13) became apparent. After the 1991 liberalization of the Indian economy, Indians both at home and abroad were faced with a rapidly changing social structure as a changing economic system had its effect on societal norms. Here too film fulfilled its role as societal narrator and influencer, and significantly impacted the way in which modern Indians understand their position in a global context.
Through examining film’s role as a social commentator and agent, the issue of outlining a theoretical framework within which one measures changes within India and its diaspora is a complex task. Is globalization adequate to describe India’s increasing interconnectedness with the world? Is the Liberalization moniker too direct? Can postmodernism be invoked in a way that provides an abstract perspective on the very concrete consequences of a changing India? For several Bollywood scholars, the globalization label is enough. However, to limit the discussion to the globalization paradigm is to leave the complexity of film’s role in society aside, in favor of a more expedient, and perhaps more palatable answer.
Rajinder Kumar Dudrah’s work, Sociology Goes to The Movies, views Bollywood from a sociological perspective, and provides the globalization paradigm as setting within which one may understand the content of Bollywood films. As will be illustrated, such a perspective is an understandable first step, but the process of disproving the applicability of the globalization paradigm is what illuminates the nature and role of Indian film in Indian society.
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