Distortion of Narration in Cinematic Representation of The Mahābhārata: Text v/s Visual Media

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI:10.32996/jhsss.2023.5.6.2

K. Rai, S. Negi

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Over the years, the Mahābhārata (Mbh) continues to fascinate its readers and viewers with its mesmeric narrative events and magical mythical facets. As a result, various interpretations of the epic have been heaved as surging waves of the time in literature in the form of novels, stories, comics, films, theatre-plays etc. In modern times, text no more stands out as a popular choice among the masses. Cinema, television, and new media are emerging as popular mediums where masses are probing to seek the epic, like Mbh, as a more vibrant manner of expression. Besides this, visual media tends to impress viewers by fashioning powerful dialogues, weighty stage-production, costumes, charismatic characters, hi-tech cinematography etc. These experimentations, to charm the audiences, somehow fail to postulate the authentic teachings, completely submerged in its glittering plot. As a result, there is much discrepancy seen between the text and Mbh through mass media. The paper analyses the role and impact of mass media/new media by paying attention to the popular TV series and movies in India with the perspective of the first translated version of The Mahabharata by K.M.Ganguly (1883-1896).

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《Mahābhārata》电影表现中的叙事扭曲:文本与视觉媒介

多年来，Mahābhārata (Mbh)以其迷人的叙事事件和神奇的神话方面继续吸引着读者和观众。因此，对史诗的各种诠释以小说、故事、漫画、电影、戏剧等形式在文学中掀起了汹涌的时代浪潮。在现代，文本不再是大众的流行选择。电影、电视和新媒体正在成为大众探索的流行媒介，大众正在寻找史诗，就像Mbh一样，作为一种更有活力的表达方式。除此之外，视觉媒体往往通过塑造有力的对话、沉重的舞台制作、服装、有魅力的人物、高科技的摄影等来打动观众。这些实验，为了吸引观众，不知何故未能假设真实的教义，完全淹没在其闪闪发光的情节。因此，通过大众传播媒介可以看到文本与Mbh之间存在很大的差异。本文以甘古利(K.M.Ganguly, 1883-1896)的《摩诃婆罗多》(The Mahabharata)的第一个翻译版本为视角，通过关注印度流行的电视剧和电影来分析大众媒体/新媒体的作用和影响。

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