Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Historicals

Timestamp:

Jul 2, 2013, 10:15:47 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

UshaR

Comment:

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Historicals

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 domination: e.g. in Travancore where the first
 major novel by C.V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922),
-Martanda Varma (1891; filmed in 1931)
+[[Martanda Varma]] (1891; filmed in 1931)
 resurrected the 18th C. emperor; in the old
-Mysore province several Company Natak
+Mysore province several [[Company Natak]]
 plays returned to the glory of the Vijayanagar
 Empire (14th C.). The early cinema takes off
-directly from the stage historical (cf. Baburao
-Painter). The most evident influence was the
+directly from the stage historical (cf. [[Baburao
+Painter]]). The most evident influence was the
 Parsee theatre, where the genre was
 interpreted entirely as a play about feudal
 power and therefore a crucial mediation of
-kinship relations (see Aga Hashr Kashmiri,
-Mehboob). Influential regional imitations of
+kinship relations (see [[Aga Hashr Kashmiri]],
+[[Mehboob]]). Influential regional imitations of
 this mode included the Bengali plays of
 Dwijendralal Roy (Mewar Patan, 1909),
 interpreted by Parthasarathy Gupta in the
-context of Swadeshi (cf. Gupta, 1988), and the
+context of [[Swadeshi]] (cf. Gupta, 1988), and the
 famous Shahjehan (1909) or those of Khirode
 Prasad Vidyavinode (e.g. Alamgir, 1921, staged
-by Sisir Bhaduri). Imperial Studio re-coded
-the genre along Cecil B. DeMille lines. Bhalji
-Pendharkar and G.V. Iyer (in his Rajkumar
+by [[Sisir Bhaduri]]). [[Imperial Studio]] re-coded
+the genre along Cecil B. DeMille lines. [[Bhalji
+Pendharkar]] and [[G.V. Iyer]] (in his [[Rajkumar]]
 films) used the genre for directly ideological
 ends. In most instances where the cinema took
@@ -60 +60 @@
 early historicals are usually blurred into other
 genres like the mythological or the Saint film
-(e.g. Vel Pics) and are conventionally referred
+(e.g. [[Vel Pics]]) and are conventionally referred
 to as ‘costume’ dramas, a tradition later
-continued by Gemini’s adventure films and
+continued by [[Gemini]]’s adventure films and
 politicised as an imaginary pseudo-history by
-MGR.
+[[MGR]].
 
 [[Glossary]]