Cinema has been, and is, a powerful tool for social mobilisation. The political importance of cinema was of course always well-known and has continued to evolve and grow. However, with innovations in modern technology, there has been the exponential growth of television alongside the movies, as well as social media.
Subhajit Chatterjee is Assistant Professor, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Ratheesh Radhakrishnan teaches literature and film at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
S.V. Srinivas is Professor at the School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
Omita Goyal is Chief Editor, IIC Quarterly, Journal of the India International Centre, New Delhi.