Neerja Joshi

AR3596

UAR20207

Framing Modern India: An Architectural Discourse through the lens of Indian Cinema. This study critically investigate the spatial narratives in Ray and Roy’s films, putting them within the larger discourse of postcolonial modernism in India. By integrating architectural discourse and cinematic analysis, this thesis advances an interdisciplinary understanding of how architecture in Indian films has affected and reflected the country's physical environment, cultural identity, and developmental trajectory


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Introduction

Architecture and Film: The City

The Machine Age: Aesthetics & Society

Colonial India: Power, Planning & Resistance

Kolkata: A City Between Two Worlds

Satyajit Ray: The City Through Cinema

Case Study I

Bimal Roy: The Soul through Cinema and Case Study II

Cross Analysing the Case Studies

Conclusion