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Humour to Address the Issue of Caste: A Reference of Some Comic Shorts

  • Unique Paper ID: 170880
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 733-737
  • Abstract:
  • Short movies have been increasingly creative and unconventional as a parallel genre to feature films, using narrative techniques. Caste questions in feature films are blurred or ruled out with the blanketing justification of aesthetics. Convenient categories of rich and poor binary replace caste to bend the movies down for suitable consumption. Suraj Yengde, in “Caste in Contemporary Bollywood Movies: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Characters,” observes that Indian cinema as a project has failed to include diversity and inclusion. He adds that even artistic movies that deal with caste issues display only the pain and sufferings of Dalits, preceding the vibrant aspects of their lives. On the other end of the spectrum, comic short movies capture nuances and complexities of the caste system using satire, parody and humour to present Dalit issues in a modern, radical way, countering the pitfalls of caste hegemony. This paper explores three short comic movies made on the Indian caste system to bring out their difference from feature films, which would, to some extent, confirm and proliferate myths surrounding the dominant ideologies of caste. The comic short movie medium, sidetracking the commercial formulas of cult movies, does not avoid portraying disturbing questions concerning caste. Adopting a light, humorous tone, the short movies engage the readers in a lively banter to parody the modern, sophisticated manifestations of casteism. The short movies synthesise diversity and inclusion of marginal cultures instead of presenting Indian society as monolithic. The bleakness and seriousness surrounding caste issues give way to a balanced outlook propped by comic narration.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 733-737

Humour to Address the Issue of Caste: A Reference of Some Comic Shorts

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