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Two Cinemas in Two Bengals: From Indigenization to Globalization of Bengali Film Industries of Bangladesh and West Bengal

In: Two Bengals

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  • Zakir Hossain Raju

    (Independent University)

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This chapter is a tale of the cinemas of two Bengals—their connections and contentions—as they developed in two parts of once-undivided Bengal over the last hundred years or more. Through interconnected and competing narratives, the chapter investigates the development and transformation processes of two vibrant Bengali film industries worldwide that are primarily based in the cities of Kolkata and Dhaka. It is believed that Hiralal Sen’s dancing scenes from ‘The Flower of Persia,’ shot in Kolkata in 1898, are the earliest film shot by a Bengali and an Indian. Since the production of the first film, the film industry in the two Bengals has gone through several stages of development, i.e., the indigenization phase, the development phase, and the consolidation phase, before the present stage, known as the globalization phase, began in 2010. During the journey from the indigenization phase to the globalization phase, the film industry has produced many great films and famous directors who have dealt with so many themes. Despite the competition between the film industries of the two Bengals, the chapter discovers that Bengali cinemas from both Bengals are now collaborating as a transnational screen media industry to reach global audiences.

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  • Zakir Hossain Raju, 2023. "Two Cinemas in Two Bengals: From Indigenization to Globalization of Bengali Film Industries of Bangladesh and West Bengal," Springer Books, in: Arindam Banik & Munim Kumar Barai (ed.), Two Bengals, chapter 0, pages 305-330, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-99-2185-0_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2185-0_10
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