Social struggle through the binoculars of parallel cinema in the light of movie by Satyjit Ray and Shayam Benegal

Social Struggle through the binoculars of Parallel Cinema in the light of movie by Satyjit Ray and Shyam Benegal

Parallel Cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of west Bengal, in the 1950s an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema. It is known as“ Art cinema” and social centriC films. 

Parallel cinema addressing various issues in which one is social setup, and feudal system. Feudal system is known as a social movement in 50 to 60, in parallel cinema. Two important and well known personalities named Satyjit Ray and Shayam Benegal worked on it, through their movie. Example

of movies that Shayam Benegal's movie- Ankur, Nishant, Manthan, and Bhumika. And Satyjit Ray's The Apu'strilogy. ( Pathar Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar) 

In Ankur movie the problems of landlord, Dalit, landlord decried very well through two characters named Laxmi and Surya. 

So, this type of eye opener movie shows the problems of exploitation, class and cast problems, poverty, struggling for existence, landlord and worker's problems and unemployment. 

Richard Philips and Rob Mackie also gave the good review for Trilogy that how Ray explained Apu's world with freshness and vitality with simple style and it's depiction of three generation of poor Bengaly family and their struggle. So, movie used very well because it is a big mass medium of the society.