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Interactive Workshops with Students:
Visual History
Theme: Love, Romance and the Family
15th - 18th December 1997 |
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Relationships within the family and romantic relationships
outside have been major themes around which the popular cinema
has been constructed. Films like Anarkali and Devdas have
become film metaphors for tragic love and love destroyed by
the family and the society. Young people today see many popular
films which are variations of the same themes of family, love
and romance but the stress of the education system does not
allow them to look at them critically or understand the values
and concepts espoused in the films. SPARROW felt it would
be a good idea to hold a film viewing workshop where young
people can see old and new films leisurely and discuss what
these films contain and how they view relationships and where
they place women in the family and in society. Alpana Parikh,
a journalist, and Professor Prabodh Parikh initiated and moderated
the discussion for the High School and college students.
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