Submitted by madnotes on May 18, 2008

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Indian Parallel Cinema

In addition to commercial cinema in India, there is also a section of cinema that aspires to seriousness or art. These Art films are also known as Parallel Cinema, or sometimes as “New Indian Cinema” and “The Indian New Wave”. Parallel Cinema is a specific genre of Indian cinema, recognized for its serious content, realism and naturalism, with a strong socio-political climate of the times. These films deal with a wide range of subjects but many are in general explorations of complex human circumstances and relationships within the Indian setting. This genre is distinct from usual Bollywood cinema, and is known to cover severe and significant issues that are not...

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