Projection of Urban Life-World in Bhabendra Nath Saikia’S Film Sandhyarag (1977)

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Projection of Urban Life-World in Bhabendra Nath Saikia’S Film Sandhyarag (1977)

International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277-3630 IJSSIR, Vol. 5 (3), MARCH (2016), pp. 47-54 Online available at indianresearchjournals.com PROJECTION OF URBAN LIFE-WORLD IN BHABENDRA NATH SAIKIA’S FILM SANDHYARAG (1977) MINAKSHI DUTTA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL STUDIES ASSAM WOMEN‟S UNIVERSITY, ROWRIAH, JORHAT ASSAM, INDIA. ABSTRACT Projection of urban life-world become a vibrant topic of discussion for both film studies and urban studies. The representation of urbanity in cinema helps the people to experience the vibrancy of the urbanization process and also make them orchestrated with the changing situation. This paper attempts to analyze the urban-life world projected in the Assamese regional filmmaker Bhabendra Nath Saikia‟s first film Sandhyarag (1977). The study is based on textual analysis method and by taking the film Sandhyarag as the primary source, this study attempts to establish the film as a historical document of urbanization process of Assam. KEY WORDS: Assamese cinema, Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Cinema Sandhyarag, Urban. REFERENCES: Banerjee, Swapna M. “Down Memory Lane: Representation of Domestic Workers in Middle Class Personal Narratives of Colonial Bengal”. Journal of Social History:37(2004) Baviskar, Amita and Raka Ray (Ed) (2011) Elite and Everyman: The Cultural Politics of the Indian Middle Classes. Routledge. New York Utpal Datta: „Filmmaker Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia‟, in Manoj Borpujari & Dr. Garima Kalita (eds): Perspectives on Cinemas of Assam. Guwahati: Gauhati Cine Club; 2007. p 89 Fabe, Marilyn. Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Techniques . London: University of California Press, 2004. Nandy, Ashish. An Ambiguous Journey to the City- The Village and Other Odd Ruins of the Self in the Indian Imagination. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. Prasad, M.Madhva "Realism and Fantacy in the Representations of Metropolitan Life in Indian Cinema." In City Flicks: Indian Cinema and Urban Experience, by Preben Kaarsholm, 26-39. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2010. Thoraval, Yves. Cinemas of India (1896-2000). New Delhi: Macmillan India Limited, 2002. .

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