Almost every passing phase of the ******** Cinema has had its repercussion on the Indian film.

Question

Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions :

Almost every passing phase of the **** Cinema has had its repercussion on the Indian film. Stories have been written based on Hollywood successes and the ditches preserved with care. Even where the story has been a genuinely Indian one. The background music has revealed an irrepressible penchant for the jazz idiom.

It should be realised that the average **** film is bad model. If only because it depicts a way of life so utterly at variance with our own. Moreover, the high technical Polish, which is the hall mark of the standard Hollywood product, would be impossible to achieve under existing Indian conditions. What the Indian cinema needs today is not more gloss, but more imagination, more integrity, and a more intelligent appreciation of the limitations of the medium.

(i) Name the topic and the author?

(ii) What is the influence of **** films on Indian cinema?

(iii) What is the symbol of standard of Hollywood'* films?

(iv) What does the Indian camera need today?

(v) What is the idea of the writer about **** film?

Answer 1

(i) The topic is 'What is wrong with Indian Cinema' and the author is Satyajit Ray.

(ii) The **** Cinema has had its repercussion on the Indian film, such as stories, they are based on Hollywood success.

(iii) The high technical polish, is the hallmark of the standard of Hollywood product.

(iv) The Indian camera needs today is not more gloss, but more imagination, more integrity, and a more intelligent appreciation of the limitation of the medium.

(v) The writer thinks that the **** films are bad model.