Cinematic Translation of Indian English Texts: A Critical Study

Abstract

The paper studies cinematic adaptations of Indian English texts by re-reading cinema
and translation theories. The process of adaptation to celluloid, in the age of multiplex
cinema has both reprieved movie makers from economic liabilities, and at the same
time bargained for sellable celluloid commodity for art. The fidelity towards the
‘original’ text, when medium and language are both translated, in all the more distanced
and proportionally more. The poaching of ‘texts’ in the industry shows a utile notion
of ‘art’.