Did We Need Another Emma? The Anxiety of Influence in the Bollywood Adaptation of Emma

The multiple screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, and in particular, those of Emma (1815–1816), willy-nilly direct audience attention to the problematic continuities between the original novel and Rajshri Ojha’s twenty-first century Bollywood adaptation, Aisha (2010). This essay addresses the...

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Published inHumanities (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 80
Main Author Bharat, Meenakshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
Subjects
adaptation
Aisha
Audiences
Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Bollywood
Bollywood films
Emma
Film adaptations
Indian cinema
Jane Austen
Literary characters
Morality
Motion pictures
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Multilingualism
Novels
Reception (Artistic works)
Traditions
India
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Summary:The multiple screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, and in particular, those of Emma (1815–1816), willy-nilly direct audience attention to the problematic continuities between the original novel and Rajshri Ojha’s twenty-first century Bollywood adaptation, Aisha (2010). This essay addresses the issue of the competing influence of Austen and the global cinematic adaptations that precede this Hindi adaptation, even as it assesses the film for its engagement with the adaptation of Austenian social concerns to the particularities of the contemporary upper-middle-class urban existence in India.
ISSN:2076-0787
2076-0787
DOI:10.3390/h11040080