Scholarly open access journals, Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journals, Impact factor 8.14 (Calculate by google scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool) , Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Indexing in all major database & Metadata, Citation Generator, Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
Films have been an amazing source of entertainment all over the world. It has unprecedented ability to captivate the audience. Films can impress upon highly impressionable audience. Films not only entertain cine goers but good films also spread education about a variety of issues. While commercial cinema keeps business interests at the forefront and the films of commercial category possess all the ingredients which make the people come and watch movies in cinema halls. There is dance, drama, music, emotions, action, stunts, comedy and luxurious sets along with attire. The parallel cinema aims at making meaningful films with little business interests. Such films portray realistic society. There are no luxurious sets, costly costumes or false display of emotions. The plot of these films is rather strong and never loses sight of the story. There is realistic depiction. The characters act as if they are living such life in the film. That is where real acting skills are put to acid test. Most of the actors and film makers of Parallel cinema come from National School of Drama and, Television and Film institute of India. They are well trained in their respective fields. One will never fine chocolate heroes and dazzling heroines in such films. These films portray life as it is. That’s why actors have to understand their roles very minutely because the director wants them to portray the society in its real sense on celluloid tape. There are no item songs. The songs in these films are always situational songs which serve as a link among different parts of the plot. These are all meaningful songs. These films of Parallel cinema always have some message to convey. They portray the real life on reel. As these films don’t possess ingredients of typical Bollywood Masala Films so they rarely get box office hits. They are made for real cine lovers who understand this wonderful medium and who comprehend and appreciate the minutest details of the film. Such films often get nominated for National awards and International Film Festivals. The production cost of such films is not much as there are no superstars of commercial cinema in such films. Commercial cinema earns millions of Rupees just riding at the back of Masala Films. This Paper endeavors to study Films as a medium for MIL.
Keywords:
Bollywood, Entertainment, Unprecedented, Impressionable audience, Realistic society, Realistic depiction, MIL.
Cite Article:
"Films as medium of Media Information Literacy", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.709 - 712, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2306108.pdf
Downloads:
000205225
ISSN:
2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
An International Scholarly Open Access Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Refereed Journal Impact Factor 8.14 Calculate by Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool, Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Multilanguage Journal Indexing in All Major Database & Metadata, Citation Generator