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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2007 |
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Keywords
- Bollywood
- science fiction
- modernity
- postcolonialism
- extreme nationalism
- India
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Nationalism and postcolonialism in Indian science fiction: Bollywood's Koi … Mil Gaya (2003). / Alessio, Dominic; Langer, Jessica.
In: New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, Vol. 5, No. 3, 01.12.2007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Nationalism and postcolonialism in Indian science fiction: Bollywood's Koi … Mil Gaya (2003)
AU - Alessio, Dominic
AU - Langer, Jessica
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Koi … Mil Gaya (2003), a Hindi-language Bollywood musical set in the near future and concerning a scientist who contacts extraterrestrials, is Hindi cinema's first big-budget attempt at science fiction. It is worthy of note for several reasons. The film, which is filled with references to Hindu gods and mythologies, 'aligns itself with, borrows from, and reshapes the traditions of science fiction' (Batty and Markley 2002), using strategies associated with postcolonial cultural production. It also subverts many of the conventions of Hollywood science fiction cinema, using similar aspects of film form for different purposes. However, Koi … Mil Gaya occupies a contested postcolonial space, as its alignment with the recent rise of Hindu nationalism in India creates a kind of colonial order in itself; one which in the end re-inscribes the hierarchical systems of oppression that are associated with colonialism.
AB - Koi … Mil Gaya (2003), a Hindi-language Bollywood musical set in the near future and concerning a scientist who contacts extraterrestrials, is Hindi cinema's first big-budget attempt at science fiction. It is worthy of note for several reasons. The film, which is filled with references to Hindu gods and mythologies, 'aligns itself with, borrows from, and reshapes the traditions of science fiction' (Batty and Markley 2002), using strategies associated with postcolonial cultural production. It also subverts many of the conventions of Hollywood science fiction cinema, using similar aspects of film form for different purposes. However, Koi … Mil Gaya occupies a contested postcolonial space, as its alignment with the recent rise of Hindu nationalism in India creates a kind of colonial order in itself; one which in the end re-inscribes the hierarchical systems of oppression that are associated with colonialism.
KW - Bollywood
KW - science fiction
KW - modernity
KW - postcolonialism
KW - extreme nationalism
KW - India
U2 - 10.1386/ncin.5.3.217_1
DO - 10.1386/ncin.5.3.217_1
M3 - Article
VL - 5
JO - New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
JF - New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
SN - 1474-2756
IS - 3
ER -