[Reader-list] Cinematic City:Kolkata, Modernity, Middle Class& the Urban Woman-- 1950s &60s Popular Bangla Cinema.2nd posting IFS-2007.

[smita mitra]

On 4/8/07, smita mitra <smitamitr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Sorry for missing my deadlinefor the 2nd posting for IFS--2007 on *Cinematic
> City:Kolkata,Modernity,Middle class and the Urban Woman--1950s&60s Popular
> Bangla cinema.*
> **
> To remind you allthe list of films that I had include:*Saptapadi(*1961--Ajoy
> Kar),*Harano Sur*(1957--AjoyKar)*Saat Pake Bandha*(1963--Ajoy Kar),*
> Sagarika*(1956--Agragami),*Uttar Phalguni *(1966),
> Bipasha(1962--Agradoot),*ChaowaPaowa*(1959--Yatrik),*Trizama*
> (1956--Agradoot),*Teen Bhuvoner Paare*(1969--Ashutosh Banerjee*),Abhoyar
> Biye*(1957--S. Dasgupto),*Bicharok*(1959--Prabhat Mukherjee).
>
> Can anyone suggest some more Popular Films of the same period that I can
> add to this list or see while working out my ideas on the cinematic
> articulation of the 'self' that are being located in a specific kind of
> urban experience--namely the unpacking of the individual self that is
> dislocated or decentered from the familial spaces?
>
> As of now I have managed to watch Sagarika,Saptapadi,Harano Sur, Uttar
> Phalguni,  and AgniPariksha.These were huge hits and are known for amazing
> performances by Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar.
>
> The questions that I have are-- 1)What is the relationship if any between
> the narrative ,the performativeand the discourse of the star figuer that is
> being enacted in these films vis a vis the tropes of self, intercaste
> ,interracial love and marriage,work and choice of carreer?
>
> Is the figure of the star being mobilised to stage a specific negotiation
> of the modern in these films?How is the notion of cinematic space being
> deployed to frame the performative economy of the starsand how doesit enable
> the narrative to its closure?
>
> What is the relationship of the modern and the melodramatic as a mode of
> representation that is used to articulate the woman's subject position in
> these films?
>
> How can I conceptualise these cinematic representations of the modern in
> terms of Popular Bangla Cinema?
>
> As of now I can only formulate some tentative questions. Hoping to have
> some responses from you guys.
>
> Regards,
>
> Smita.
>
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