HOW ADOLESCENTS PERCEIVE VIOLENCE IN CINEMA: A FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION

ABSTRACT

According to forbs India, more than 1000 films are being produced in India every year in different languages. On the basis of number of films every year, the Indian film industry is regarded as the world’s largest film industry in terms of the number of the films produced and those films are viewed by millions of audience. In the last decade, the films introduced on various issues of the society have earned a lot of viewer’s appreciation and critically acclaim. But the basic question remains whether the films being viewed by the audience meet the needs of the society. Films are criticised vehemently and vociferously. Some scholars hold that escalating violence in our society rests with the responsibility for cinema. Even some researcher maintains that people watch violence in films are growing more violent, belligerent and pugnacious. So, study the impact of violence shown in films becomes in the Indian context more imperative. Therefore, before understanding the impact of the violence shown in movies, it is necessary to understand how adolescents perceive violence in movies.

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