MUSI 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wadia Movietone, Tragic Hero, Spaghetti Western

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Saint tukaram: primary themes of nationalism and unity through spiritualism, brotherhood, social reform, moral purity and spiritual piety, social drama (topical) a. Is a part of most of the film: every film revolves around some kind of family and thus, includes social drama, however, it can also include elements such as rich vs. poor, modern vs. indian value system, Influenced by the action" films in the west: thriller/horror a. Mahal (aayega aanewala) and woh kaun thi (lag ja gale: western (curry western) a. Incorporated elements of action, adventure and romance genres b. Influenced as well by the italian spaghetti western" and the hollywood western: tragedy, might be seen as a subgenre of social drama b. Introduced archetype of the tragic hero": devdas 1935 (k. l. Saigal as a tragic hero) set the trends for this genre: masala, contains elements of many genres, widely emulated genre from the 1970s, e. g. Bollywood films as 1/3rd of the total amount of films produced.

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