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Title: SUB-ALTER(NATIVE) CINEMA: REVISITING INDIA’S HISTORY OF IDENTITY REPRESENTATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT FILM
Authors: Viralika Arora
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Viralika Arora UWC East, Singapore
MLA 8 Arora, Viralika. "SUB-ALTER(NATIVE) CINEMA: REVISITING INDIA’S HISTORY OF IDENTITY REPRESENTATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT FILM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1931-1937, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.022. Accessed June 2021. APA 6 Arora, V. (2021, June). SUB-ALTER(NATIVE) CINEMA: REVISITING INDIA’S HISTORY OF IDENTITY REPRESENTATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT FILM. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(6), 1931-1937. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.022 Chicago Arora, Viralika. "SUB-ALTER(NATIVE) CINEMA: REVISITING INDIA’S HISTORY OF IDENTITY REPRESENTATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT FILM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 6 (June 2021), 1931-1937. Accessed June, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.022.
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Abstract: Socio-economic inequalities in the Indian context owing to the long history of discrimination in Indian society are underrepresented in mainstream cinema and discourse. Major production houses shy away from promoting or blatantly misrepresent marginalized voices and narratives because of their goal of generating profits by pandering to mainstream narratives. In such a space the onus of representing marginalized voices has been taken up by independent filmmakers through different periods in the history of Indian filmmaking. More recently, economic, technological, and academic advancements have contributed to a growth in the representation of subaltern narratives in cinema. Moreover, the spaces in indie cinema are more accessible to individuals coming from backward castes, as discrimination in Bollywood and other mainstream film industries continue to be rampant. This paper explores the representation of marginal voices through indie cinema, and the challenges faced by it- particularly the rise of the far-right Hindutva movement in India and the impending regulations on online streaming platforms.

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