Critical Writing Index

The moving image: Looped, to be Mukt!: The Cinema Prayoga Conscience

by Amrit Gangar

Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), Sept. 20 Fall, 2012, v. 1, no. 2

Cinema of Prayoga is a theory of filmic practice that challenges the dominant forms of filmic expression in contemporary India, including the all-pervading commercial Bollywood movie or the social realism of Indian New Wave. By exploring the political, social and cultural environment of contemporary India, Gangar provides an interpretative framework for understanding the radical evolution of Indian film. He also explores the influences of American video art on Indian independent cinema.

ITEM 2012.032 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Idiot, Naukar ki Kameez (The Servant's Shirt), Siddheshwari, Uski Roti (A Day's Bread)Mani Kaul

Tarang (Wages and Profit)Kumar Shahani

Katho UpanishadAshish Avikunthak

Nantes TriptychBill Viola

A Mosaic for the Kali YugaDaniel Reeves

Raja HarishchandraDadasaheb Phalke

Song for an Ancient LandKabir Mohanty

SubarnarekhaAmit Dutta

Vipin Vijay

Ritwik Ghatak