Monstrosities of Science: Exploring Monster Narratives in Hindi Horror Cinema

Frankenstein’s Avatars: Posthuman monstrosities in Indian science fiction cinema

“…In a postcolonial context, Newla's resurgent monstrosity is interpreted as the fear of the nation once again falling prey to colonization through the adoption of the western/alien strategy of economic liberalisation of its markets -what has been phrased as "a fear of neocolonialsim" (p.53-54). Mubarki's (2015) work becomes an exception with regard to the films chosen by him to understand monstrosity, and somewhat connects to the notion of posthuman monstrosity. His paper engages with two films -Chehre pe Chehra (Tilak 1981) and Dahshat (Ramsay and Ramsay, 1981).…”

“…Note that in the works discussed above, the analysis of monstrosity in the films is largely attributed to supernatural, alien or mythological causes. Except for Mubarki's (2015) paper, there is no mention of science and technology as vectors/agents of monstrosity -a gap this paper intends to further address and engage with. The above discussion of monstrosity in Indian popular cinema and its academic treatment reveals that SF monsters in Indian popular cinema have received less-than-scant academic attention.…”

Book Review: Meraj Ahmed Mubarki, Filming Horror: Hindi Cinema, Ghosts and Ideologies and Meheli Sen, Haunting Bollywood: Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema

“…1.Both authors have also published articles on the topic before, arguments from which have been elaborated for the book (see Mubarki, 2013, 2014, 2015; Sen, 2011; Sen, 2013). …”