Research on the Female Image in the Indian Film Secret Superstar

Xiaohui Liu, Changfu Yang

Abstract


With the rapid development of society, the trend of the development of the film industry has been promoted, especially in recent years, the development of Indian films is very rapid, among which, Secret Superstar has been praised by the whole country since its release in 2018. The film focuses on the story of a girl who has a dream of becoming a superstar since childhood and pursues her music dream with the support of her mother. In the film Secret Superstar, we can see the elements of traditional Indian culture. The female image in the story shows her courage, firmness, optimism and perseverance, and fully expresses the consciousness of Indian society's feminist consciousness. Based on this, this article mainly discusses the female image in the Indian film "Secret Superstar", and then analyzes the reasons for the film's success from the aspects of theme setting, detail description and marketing strategy, hoping to provide reference for the development of Chinese youth inspirational film.


Keywords


Indian Film; Secret Superstar; Female Image; Elements of Success; The Theme

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/mcs.v4i4.1586

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