Film intended to communicate sociopolitical ideas as well as entertain
Amessage picture (ormessage movie )[ 1] motion picture that, in addition to or instead of being for entertainment, intends to communicate a certain message or ideal about society.
Message pictures usually present the message they want to deliver in the form of amorality play , and are usually serious (often somber) works. However, not all message pictures are entirely serious, and there are also films spoofing the genre (Sullivan's Travels [ 2]
Dore Schary was famous for his message pictures atMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the late 1940s and early to mid-1950s. Among these wereTea and Sympathy Bad Day at Black Rock Blackboard Jungle [ 3] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night [ 4] Stanley Kramer , who was also well known for numerous message films).[ 5]
InIndian cinema ,B.R. Chopra was known for message pictures. Examples includeKanoon Naya Daur Waqt Nikaah triple talaq (divorce) among Muslims), etc.[ 6]
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