Pulp Fiction: A Study Of Pulp Fiction

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PROPOSED TITLE
PULP FRICTION
THEY ENTICE, EXCITE AND ENTHRALL THE PEOPLE AT THE GRASSROOTS...BUT THEY ARE BACKBENCHED BY THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY...
ISN’T IT TIME TO RELOOK AT INDIAN PULP-FICTION...?
Pulp Fiction, replete with ‘Indian’ ethos and mainly in vernacular, has a huge cult-following in India. There used to be a time when these eminently affordable tearjerkers and tales of ridiculously impossible adventures of super-spies and master-cops sold like hotcakes.
With increased access to global entertainment (much of which is pulp-fiction anyway, with a marketing gloss and a ‘aesthetic-refinement’ topping) these folk-thrillers have lost their market somewhat – but not entirely. There have been efforts to revive their appeal, some of them …show more content…

English novels with similar pulp content continue to sell in good numbers. Pirated copies of western pulp fictions sell good on streets and railway stations. So in English it is acceptable, but in Hindi it is trash. Is this a mindset problem? This probably results from the colonial hangover, which does not seem to wear off, even after close to 70 years of independence. Our infatuation with the English language is reflected in the mentality associated with the readers of such novels. Carrying and discussing English language novels makes many feel associated with a particular social …show more content…

According to a survey conducted by Amazon across India, the English translation of ‘Colaba Conspiracy’ by Surendra Mohan Pathak, a Hindi pulp fiction novel was the most popular Indian book of 2014. But the works of Surendra Pathak and the likes of his such as Ved Prakash Sharma or Om Prakash Sharma has never been reviewed by any critics and published in magazine and newspapers. There was a time they didn’t care – but now they do, and with a little help from fans and loyal publishers, they are trying to reverse the tide. We believe, if we follow the efforts of at least one such eminent best-selling writer in our film, follow his trials and tribulations over a period of time as and when it happens – we might have a story at hand that has a universal appeal because it represents the ‘situation’ that popular (read non-mainstream if you like) writers are facing worldwide.

People do make films inspired by their content – they even blatantly pick up characters and situations without their permission – a large number of recent Hindi films are being scripted and directed keeping their huge market in mind – but is anyone actually doing anything ‘tangible’ to conserve this form of pop-art? This source of unadulterated entertainment is likely to die a dusty death if it doesn’t get its due share of media space – considering

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