Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema
Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema is an experimental research into the domestic condition of Bombay through a reading of Bombay cinema. It composes of an audio-visual product and the following textual documentation of the investigation methodology. These two entities are intended to be archived together digitally and physically. This work is part of the final assignment (trabajo fin de máster) of the masters programme in architectural communication or MAca (Máster Universitario en Comunicación Arquitectónica ) in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid) under the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). The following document is to accompanied by the digital essay-film available through the following link: https://youtu.be/OO8dxD5Ypos The investigation is authored by Akshid Rajendran. And tutored by Atxu Amann y Alcocer and Samuel Fuentes. January 2019.
Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema is an experimental research into the domestic condition of Bombay through a reading of Bombay cinema. It composes of an audio-visual product and the following textual documentation of the investigation methodology. These two entities are intended to be archived together digitally and physically. This work is part of the final assignment (trabajo fin de máster) of the masters programme in architectural communication or MAca (Máster Universitario en Comunicación Arquitectónica ) in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (Escuela Técnica Superior de
Arquitectura de Madrid) under the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid).
The following document is to accompanied by the digital essay-film
available through the following link: https://youtu.be/OO8dxD5Ypos
The investigation is authored by Akshid Rajendran.
And tutored by Atxu Amann y Alcocer and Samuel Fuentes.
January 2019.
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Contents<br />
Part A: An Extended Prologue<br />
Preface to the Study 1<br />
Hypothesis and Objectives 3<br />
Project Scope 4<br />
Theoretical Framework 5<br />
To Dwell in <strong>Bombay</strong> is to Survive 5<br />
Domesticity in <strong>Bombay</strong> <strong>Cinema</strong> 15<br />
Confronting the Archives 19<br />
The Image on the Screen 19<br />
Postcolonial <strong>Bombay</strong> 20<br />
Identifying Parameters 22<br />
Communication Strategy and Methodology 27<br />
The Formats 29<br />
The Narrative 30<br />
Part B: The Film-Essay<br />
Constructing the Narrative 33<br />
Finding a Home in the City 33<br />
The City is not Wholeheartedly Urban 35<br />
Scattered Domesticity 38<br />
Maids, Housewives and Queens of the Havelis 40<br />
Storytelling in the Scenic Haveli 43<br />
Another Surrealist Escape from Urban Claustrophobia 46<br />
Social Reform in <strong>Bombay</strong> and <strong>Cinema</strong> 49<br />
The Deeply Political Lives of the Urban Poor 53<br />
The Antagonist and Personifying Power 56<br />
Structuring the Essay 59<br />
Achieving Narrative Fluidity 59<br />
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