FILMS AND SOCIAL REALITIES

Abstract

Films are not only a medium for recreation but also are instrumental that can be used to bringout a social change besides being sources of awareness creation. A film can instruct or can bring delight in the process, it can throw open many possibilities for confronting the problem before one or the society at large. As an awareness creating medium films can serve different purposes in the same way or the same issue differently. The thought process and perceptions varying every film allows space for ironies  absurdities, ambiguities, exaggerations etc. Depending however on the plots. All these may be part of the film making process which deals with signs and significations in the semiotic translation. In this background an attempt is made to highlight the imbalances in the portrayal of the issues and personae invloved in creating film.