Abstract
The genre cinema in the context of South Asian cinema can be
categorized with two broader terms: indigenous and nonindigenous. Indigenous genres are produced by local culture,
folklore and myth whereas, non-indigenous genres are adopted
and maintained from foreign industries, primarily the Hollywood
Industry. Within that context, horror and science fiction genres are
non-indigenous genres for South Asian audiences. The current
study aims to focus on horror genre that is considered as
concoction of both Indigenous and non-indigenous genres.
Arguably, the horror genre can be called a by-product after
remaking of and redefining of many other genres in process. In
this process, the foreign cinema contents are adapted and modified
with the Indigenous cinema contents containing its own culture.
As a result, a unique and rare brand of genre is created. The South
Asian cinema industries particularly Pakistani and Indian cinema
upgrade their version of horror cinema by relying on the binaries
of east versus west, old versus new and good versus evil.
Likewise, these cinemas also marginalize the subject matter as
religious or secular. In that frame of reference, the horror genre of
these cinemas backs and assists the belief in God, evil and
religion. Thus, the believers, towards the end, are pulled out of the
fire and the monsters that are shown as non-believers, are
punished. Thereupon, the superiority is maintained by the religious
protagonists in both Indian and Pakistani cinema industries.
Zubair Shafiq , Muhammad Muazzam Sharif, Wiqar Malik , Faraz Shafiq. (2020) ‘Remaking’ the Genre Cinema of South Asia, Journal of Pakistan Vision, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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