What is mean by 'Parallel Cinema'?

The Major figures of Indian Parallel Cinema also include directors like Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Girish Kasravalli, Shaji N karun, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Rituporno Gosh and many others. read more

Parallel cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema, represented especially by popular Hindi cinema, known today as Bollywood. read more

A blanket term designated to certain types of films produced in India that stray away from the conventions of popular mainstream cinema. Although it accommodates minor film movements within, Parallel Cinema is not a film movement in itself and has no theoretical framework standardising it. read more