'Rudali', a short story printed along with others in Nairetey Megh, 1979 is a characteristically Mahasweta Devi venture. Addressing issues of socio-economic marginalisation of the village poor, 'Rudali' provides a wonderful meeting-ground for class and gender concerns. Kalpana Lajmi's decision to adapt the text into an audio-visual medium points to a promising audience-culture building up in India. Although a strict polarity between commercial and parallel cinema is illusory, one needs to acknowledge and encourage works, which move beyond established boundaries of mainstream concerns. Such movies often succeed in offering alternative modes of thought, desires and societal organisation. At the same time, one cannot deny that all movies are inevitably framed by the expectations of the available audience. Constraints of commercial viability and conducive audience reception often tamper with the plot construction, characterisation and the final resolution of all cultural productions. Kalpana Lajmi's Rudali. 1992, is an interesting case-study of how source material can be/needs to be re-arranged to fit the given horizon of expectations.
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