Abstract
Progressive writers made concerted attempts to establish successor organizations for promoting their ideas and put up resistance through other means such as literary journals, individual literary works and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Since many progressive writers found a creative outlet in theatre and film, the article presents a brief overview of how the radical interventions affected local cinema at the time.
The article looks at the ventures in the film industry of Pakistan from 1953 to 1971 made by progressive writers who used the medium of film to articulate cultural politics of the Left. Employing auteur theory, I have tried to illustrate how most writers, filmmakers and producers associated with the project were acutely aware of the social functionality of literature and their vision had a profound impact on their artistic output.
Irfan Waheed Usmani. (2021) Literary Radicalism and the tools of its articulation: A case study of the Progressive Ventures in Films (1953—1971), Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 34, Issue 1.
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