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If you want to talk of #ParallelCinema - first understand what it means.
It is known for serious content, realism and naturalism, symbolic elements with a keen eye on the sociopolitical climate of the times.
Let& #39;s begin the journey then
It is known for serious content, realism and naturalism, symbolic elements with a keen eye on the sociopolitical climate of the times.
Let& #39;s begin the journey then
1936 - Achhut Kanya.
Brahmin boy loves Untouchable girl. They can& #39;t get married due to caste differences. Both marry other people in their own castes. Later aur dies while trying to save his life.
Brahmin boy loves Untouchable girl. They can& #39;t get married due to caste differences. Both marry other people in their own castes. Later aur dies while trying to save his life.
1948 - Vidya
A zamindar girl loved a Cobbler& #39;s son. Helps him to get educated. Her father opposes the match on caste basis. Later they both establish several schools in and around the area.
A zamindar girl loved a Cobbler& #39;s son. Helps him to get educated. Her father opposes the match on caste basis. Later they both establish several schools in and around the area.
1954 - Boot Polish - Story of two street children who are determined to rise above begging. They see polishing shoes as a better and more respectable life.
1950 - Nirala - An England returned doctor gives up his father& #39;s wealth and goes to a village to sarve as a doctor. The girl he loves rejects him and marries a rich man. Later he& #39;s called to treat her when she falls prey to depression.
Do Aankhen Barah Haath - Rehabilitation of convicts through social acceptance and teaching them dignity of labor
Do Bigha Zameen - Effect of drought on a poor farmer& #39;s family. He& #39;s forced to turn into a rickshaw puller after losing his land.
Dharamputra - 1961 - a Muslim boy raised by Hindu parents gets radicalised by Right wingers and hates all Muslims till he learns his true identity.
Kaagaz Ke Phool - Life of a successful director who wants to rebel against the established studio system and make realistic movies, but ultimately dies a pauper& #39;s death.
Pyaasa - a poet who struggles to find recognition. Ultimately the news of his death makes his poetry popular but by this time he& #39;s disgusted by the sycophantic world and turns his back on fame to hide in oblivion.
Garam Hawa - A muslim family that decides to stay in India struggles in the turmoil of Partition. They lose everything - marriage alliances are broken, they lose their home and business and the son unable to find a job chooses to join the border of Migrants as the father watches.
Lot many more movies - they prepared the ground and created the audience for what cane to ve known as #ParallelCinema and Experimental movies in the 60s and 70s.
