Spartan Daily, May 13, 1947

Volume 35, Issue 134https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8999/thumbnail.jp

Mustang Daily, November 2, 1993

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/studentnewspaper/5626/thumbnail.jp

Deconstruction of Symbols of Reality in Hindi Cinema: A Study on Calendar Girls and Haider

Hindi cinema has always been a better citation for Indian culture. Now it is an accepted proof for the changing scenarios of modern India. The cinema has shaped and portrayed Indian culture to the extent that the sixth art forms could ever achieve. Hindi cinema has a great influence on common man who sees the different symbols of daily life and culture constructed by cinema as real things present in their day-to-day life. Cinema does not only construct the symbols but also deconstruct it. The present research aims to trace and analyze the construction and deconstruction of different social, economic, and psychological symbols created over a period of time through many block buster films. To check this changing perspective of cinema for the society, two films namely ‘Calendar Girls’ and ‘Haider’ discussed in this paper. The focus of the study is on understanding the portrayal of women in Calendar Girls and terrorism in Haider. Keywords: Deconstruction, representation, reality, symbols, Hindi cinem

Deconstruction of Symbols of Reality in Hindi Cinema: A Study on Calendar Girls and Haider

Hindi cinema has always been a better citation for Indian culture. Now it is an accepted proof for the changing scenarios of modern India. The cinema has shaped and portrayed Indian culture to the extent that the sixth art forms could ever achieve. Hindi cinema has a great influence on common man who sees the different symbols of daily life and culture constructed by cinema as real things present in their day-to-day life. Cinema does not only construct the symbols but also deconstruct it. The present research aims to trace and analyze the construction and deconstruction of different social, economic, and psychological symbols created over a period of time through many block buster films. To check this changing perspective of cinema for the society, two films namely ‘Calendar Girls’ and ‘Haider’ discussed in this paper. The focus of the study is on understanding the portrayal of women in Calendar Girls and terrorism in Haide

Mustang Daily, February 5, 1993

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Volume 7 - Issue 8 - Friday, November 12, 1971

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman\u27s independent student newspaper.https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/2037/thumbnail.jp

July 12, 1978

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia