One of the earliest examples of Parallel
Cinema dates back to
the 1920s, Baburao
Painter’s 1925 silent film ‘Savkari Pash’ (Indian Shylock), acclaimed a
realistic breakthrough about a poor peasant, portrayed by V. Shantaram, who loses
his land to a greedy moneylender and is forced to migrate to the city to become
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