5 Types of Fathers Seen in Bengali Movies #blogchatterbloghop
I still remember those times when every Saturday and Sunday, we used to wait for an old classic Bengali/Hindi movie shown on Doordarshan. "Harano Sur", "Dewa Newa", "Basanta Bilap"-all great movies with some soul-touching tunes and our weekends were sorted. Today, as I think about those films and rewatch them from a different perspective, I analyse the stereotypes that come with most movies. And one of the stereotypes that resurfaces every time is the type of father generally shown in Bengali movies. Here I am talking about commercial and popular movies. The interesting thing is that stories evolve, thinking evolves, but the presentation of fathers in movies has been moderated yet remains unchanged. There is a formulaic trope that ties the father or father figure to certain characteristics that seldom break barriers. So, today I have classified 5 types of fathers commonly shown in Bengali movies, and this trend has continued since the 50s. 1. The "Ov...