Sociology of Communication: Ram-Leela Film Review and Analysis

This assignment is a film review of Ram-Leela, focusing on its exemplification of internationalization within mass communication. The review explores how the film reflects Indian mass communication conventions, highlighting the narrative of love and rivalry between two clans in a Gujarati village. It examines the relevance of literacy in appreciating the film's themes of sacrifice and cultural barriers, drawing parallels to the Romeo and Juliet narrative. The report argues that the film would be more popular in India due to its portrayal of cultural and political barriers. It also identifies mass communication technologies, such as radio, television, and films, as essential for the realization and dissemination of the film's message. The review references course readings to support its analysis, emphasizing the film's portrayal of how social barriers and clan rivalries can disrupt the economy and lead to violence.

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The context of internationalization can be defined is the process of the action was making
something global or popular (Ragnedda and Muschert, 2013). The globalization of mass
communication is the widespread development and influence to enable integration and
interaction among people of culture and nation. Globalization measures the given by investing
and information technology affecting the political systems, the culture, prosperity, economic
development and human well being within the societies throughout the world (Hellwig, 2015).
This assignment is a review of the experiences related to the film, Ram-Leela towards proper
exemplification of internationalization for the globalization of mass communication. The movie
shows the two character, Ram and Leela and their story of love, lust and afterwards drama. The
films opens with a severely violent alteration among the two rival cans in the setting of Guajarati
village. The film portrays two clans in Gujarat village who are infamous for the inhibited
manufacture as well as sales of ammunition and arms. Sanera and rajadi are the two clans having
rivalry for the past 500 years. The film revolves around the sacrifice made by leaders of the clans
while giving their life towards making peace with each other clan. The film highlights how the
initiation of mass communication within the context of globalization changed and influenced the
political system of the Gujarati village. The film reflects specifically the Indian mass
communication conventions by highlighting the initiation by ram and Leela towards bridging the
gap of hatred with a new equation of love (Panjwani, 2014). It furthermore portrayed Indian
mass communication conventions through the scene where Leela bitterly agrees to the
negotiation with ram for equally dividing that reads and the travel routes with condition that the
two clans will never interact with each other.
Literacy is relevant as well as necessary to an appreciation of this film since it portrays
the historic sacrifices made by two lead characters of the film due to the age of all rivalry within

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their families. It is a further mode. Of appreciation towards the film regarding the fact win both
Ram and Leela sacrificed themselves at the end of the story. Both of them believed that they are
the owners of each other's life and does decide to kill each other instead of getting killed while
fighting.
The film that is being chosen for review in this assignment would be more popular in India since
the country still includes areas of political and cultural barriers where individuals are restricted
from talking or making alliances with opposing parties who are considered to be enemies at war.
The movie can be termed as the desi version of Romeo and Juliet where the ending is not a
happy one of the reunion of love.
For the realization and the dissemination of the film, mass media technologies are
essential for reaching a large audience about why mass communication (Paxson, 2018).Mass
media helps in spreading or publicizing any news or revolutionary concepts which is new and
should be adopted by the entire nation, in the context of this study of the film review.
Throughout the chapters of history, both directly and indirectly, mass communication
technologies necessary to broadcast the climax or the main message that the film tried to portray.
The film illustrated how social barriers, cultural and clan rivalries can kill so many lives and
disrupt the economy. The film gives the lesson that rivalry and violence of killing never lead to
any benefit or peace. Living in harmony and with love is the only way to victory and peace.
Radio, recorded music, television, newspaper, and films are thus essential mass communication
technologies for the dissemination and realization of this film.

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Reference
Hellwig, T. (2015). Globalization and mass politics: Retaining the room to maneuver.
Cambridge University Press.
Panjwani, V. (2014). Review of Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela (directed by Sanjay Leela
Bhansali), Eros International and SLB Films, 2013. Shakespeare, 10(3), 328-331.
Paxson, P. (2018). Mass communications and media studies: An introduction. Bloomsbury
Publishing USA.
Ragnedda, M., & Muschert, G. W. (Eds.). (2013). The digital divide: The Internet and social
inequality in international perspective. Routledge.