Dasavatharam : From myth to modernity - a critical analysis Raja Morgan Veerappan

• Main Author: Veerappan, Raja Morgan
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: BV1460 Religious Education
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/2/ABSTRAK.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/3/APPENDIX.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/4/BIBLOGRAPHY_2.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/5/CHAPTER_1_METHODOLOGY.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/6/CHAPTER_2_BACKGROUND.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/7/CHAPTER_3_PLOT.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/8/CHAPTER_4_CHARACTERS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/9/CHAPTER_4_TABLE.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/10/CHAPTER_5_THEMES.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/11/CHAPTER_6__AESTHETICS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/12/CHAPTER_7_CLOSURE.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/13/DECLARATION.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/14/MAIN.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/15/TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/16/TABLE2_cover.docx; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4695/

The purpose of this thesis is to establish that the movie Dasavatharam is a modernisation of a traditional mythology through the medium of film. Stories and themes from Lord Vishnu’s incarnations have been identified as being used in films as well as in other forms of art such as dance drama and sha...