Mario Puzo’s Anti-Hero Influence on Indian Cinema

Abstract

Character is one of the most important elements in any work, in any fictional work the plot is a centre on the main character and the main character known as the protagonist of the fictional work. Normally a character who has a promising trait often becomes a main character, in literary works the character who has conventional Heroic qualities, courage, morality, and idealism that character is known as a hero in literary work. A character who has a bad person who has only bad intentions and who doesn’t have a true moral code that character is known as a villain. Nowadays another character is very important that is an Anti-Hero.
The present study shows, how Mario Puzo’s Anti-hero has influenced Indian cinema. This chapter explains what is an Anti-hero?, and various definitions of Anti-hero. This article provides information about Mario Puzo’s Anti-hero and shows how he influenced Indian films. The Anti-hero genre is not new to literature, but Mario Puzo’s ‘The Godfather’ introduced the Anti-hero to films and the same effect is seen in Indian films too. Mario Puzo has done screen writing work in many movies viz. In The Godfather, the Last Don through these popular movies Mario Puzo introduced the antihero in movies. Like the antihero written by Mario Puzo, many Anti-heroes have been portrayed in Indian films. Movies like ‘Don’, ‘Deewar’, ‘Vastav’, ‘Satya’ and ‘KGF’ have played antiheroes like Mario Puzo’s antihero.