Scripting, Adapting and Pastiche: Re-visioning Mahabharata in the Cinematic Presentations of B. R Chopra (1988) and Siddharth Kumar Tewary (2013)

Abstract

Mahabharata, the great epic of Hindu mythology hints the initiation of new era in the chapters of history. The proposed paper is an attempt to project the true historical facts related to the epic and the various adaptations in cinematic screen in order to meet the dynamic demands of the society. With the addition of exaggerating elements expose the politics of some hegemonic structures of the echelon world. The cinematography mirrors the concept of prevailing social practicality resulting in the revision and re-revision of the Indian Mythological texts, which may at times be responsible for the disorientation of real essence of the scripts. Further, with the adoption of innovating style which is known as pastiche in literary sense purposefully makes a piece of art more appealing through imitation from the original source of the work.