Apurba Chakraborty

Abstract

In true sense serious discussion on Bengali cinema and their effect in the civic society was not discussed in a wide range. Labour concepts and their class, community, culture have not come to focus in Bengali Cinema during post-colonial period. The cinema can be used as an instrument to help people get rid of obscurantism and also to guide them along the right path. It can help in removing ignorance from our society. Not only this, several much needed social reforms can be introduced and brought about with the help of the cinema (debate.org). It’s a debatable that how literacy base cinema came to take gigantic plea on social matter. Literature is a wealth of the society that is very important role for knowing a society in every aspect. In Bengali literature labour related discussion had not come in wide range but the issues are reflected in some great Bengali cinemas such as Chinnamul (1950), Ajantrik (1958), Abhijaan (1962), Hansuli Banker Upakatha (1962), Sagina Mahato (1970), Dhanraj Tamang (1978), Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980), Padma Nadir Majhi (1993), Chokh (1982) etc. Keywords: Bengali cinema, Marginal workers, Unorganised labour, Migration, Untouchability, Racism, Agriculture labour

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Abstract

The working class history in India had been drawing a prominent graphic throughout the changing framework of colonial cultures. British rule in India changed the self sufficient village economy which was an outstanding feature in term of economics. To analyze the working class mobility one Question remain to be answered, why in spite of changing periphery the poor conditions of labour was unchanged? At the time of formative stages of the industry most of these were built by British businessmen, so as a part of colonialism organized working class was another changing need. Our mainly objective in writing the article is to pay attention to the growing role of working class in Indian society. Keywords: Industrialization, Poverty, Marginal farmer, Non agricultural labour, Trade union, Proletarianization.

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