The other day I was thinking of whether there was such a thing as a "road movie" in Indian cinema. After just a few minutes I could list a handful of Indian films that could be considered road movies:
Madras to Pondicherry (Tamil) Bombay to Goa Chennai Express All these films were road trips on a mass transit system. I wondered if there were films where the protagonist(s) traveled more independently. I didn't have to think long to come up with: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Swades to add to the list. This got me thinking about two things: 1. What is an exemplar Indian movie for each genre? Wikipedia, helpfully, has a list of genres <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Film_genres>. 2. Are there genres where we have not had an Indian film made? For localized genres (such as Mexican sex comedy, Yakuza, Blaxploitation, etc.), what the closest Indian genre? Let me get things rolling with the following: Spaghetti Western: Sholay Black comedy: Jaane bhi do yaaro What are other exemplars in Indian cinema of various genre? Are there genre ('Space opera', for example) where you can't think of a single Indian movie? Thaths
