{"id":1444,"date":"2022-11-08T05:39:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T05:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2022-11-08T07:42:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:42:56","slug":"indias-growing-love-for-historical-fantasy-epics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/indias-growing-love-for-historical-fantasy-epics\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s growing love for historical-fantasy epics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Indians\u2019 love for Ramayana<\/em> and Mahabharata<\/em> onscreen has now made way for Game of Thrones-esque epic films which are tapping into the country\u2019s rich history and mythology. Featured Image: https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ponniyin-selvan-review-mani-ratnam-s-epic-true-spirit-kalki-s-novel-168438<\/p>\n\n\n

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Brahmastra, Sita, Ponniyan Selvan: Mythology and historical films in Bollywood are a fad or financial gamble?<\/div>
We are going to watch Ponniyan Selvan or PS1, Adipurush, Sita featuring Kangana Ranaut, and Chanakya in the months to come.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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What the success of Mani Ratnam\u2019s \u2018Ponniyin Selvan: 1\u2019 tells us about historical fiction<\/div>
Stories from history embed easily in pop culture because of its ability to capture our imagination and give us a sense of identity<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Interest in period dramas powers India\u2019s \u2018old armour\u2019 industry | India News – Times of India<\/div>
India News: In the congested bylanes of Lakhipura, located within the deep recesses of old Meerut, 45-year-old Noor Saifi gives final touches to the replica of a .<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Streaming platforms to splurge on period dramas<\/div>
The investment for period pieces is definitely higher than stories set in contemporary milieu. But based on audience reaction and opinion, they are also the most-watched shows on streaming platforms<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Indians\u2019 love for Ramayana and Mahabharata onscreen has now made way for Game of Thrones-esque epic films which are tapping into the country\u2019s rich history and mythology. Featured Image: https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ponniyin-selvan-review-mani-ratnam-s-epic-true-spirit-kalki-s-novel-168438 The views in these articles are of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[43,107,147,148,146,85,86,94,39,149,84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}