Masculinity In Movies

The term Bollywood is relatively new title that congregates various types of films that stem from India and sadly get put into one single category, often times the films being underestimated by US pop culture. The film’s subject matter and themes have continued to evolve as does the country of India, and the change is all seen reflecting from the films social and political themes and concerns. When the industry began the films plots spanned from all acros the map, in order to compensate for language differences almost key terms were created which would set the staple for the themes and motives These phrases or words were about lust and love, revenge or justice for wrong doings, good and bad as well as kill. With these themes people all across …show more content…
There is an emphasis on Romance and family now that social issues have died down in parts of India. The reliance upon the mother has been toned down as well and has been replaced with the focus of the love story between the man and woman. This furthermore led to the modern action hero with an emphasis on built muscular bodies, who is almost more unrelateable due to how perfect he is at verything and tends to be much more selfish. Within this paper we will look towards the changing masculinity throughout film and the social causes that led up to this point and how the films may be represented. Certain stars would flock towards certain personalities and images, some may be sexual heroes and other overwhelmbed and stressed men that were cursed by the concept of thought and life crisis. There were also moments of Hindi cinema no longer being used as a political tool and became a utopia or an escape where ideas were glorified and over exposed. This would lead to the era of the angry young …show more content…
Typically this character was an unlikely hero fueled by hatred or some sort of anger that would most often times fight in action films against politicians blinded by corruption or overall establishments that had low moral standards. Part of the change in character and definition of masculinity can be attributed to the changes India as a nation was facing over the decade. There were reform movements in politics, social movements, and economic crisis that involved everyone on the hierarchy or caste system. With the increasing unemployment rate, along with further developed poverty and violence from the naxalites, an atmosphere of anger and rebelling from the societal norm began to flourish against the corrupt or failing political infrastructure. The films created within the seventies to the nineties offer a glimpse into the struggles people of India faced and the emotions that were felt nationwide. So the question rises, what were the characteristics and motives of the angry man, and how did they reflect Indian