Unique Paper Code: 11011302

Name of the Paper: Exploring Hindi Cinema

Name of the Course: B.A. (Hons) Multi Media and Mass Communication (CBCS-LOCF)
(Admissions of 2019 & 2020 Only)
Semester: III

Duration: 3 hours

Maximum Marks: 75

Instructions for Candidates

Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Q. 1. How is the image of the nation portrayed in post-independence Hindi film songs?

Q. 2. Discuss how songs are deployed as a narrative tool in many Hindi films.

Q. 3. How is the figure of the outsider in the city deployed in the films of the 1950s? Discuss
with some examples.

Q. 4. The Angry Young Man films of the 1970s reflect the temper of the times. Discuss with
reference to an Amitabh Bachchan film.

Q. 5. Compare and contrast New Wave films with the formula film.

Q. 6. Analyze the construction of an ideology of Indianness in the NRI films of the 1990s.