India, in its post-independent era, had witnessed a lot of change in its socio-cultural and political sphere. Moreover, with this change, cinema has become a medium of entertainment. Indian cinema has shaped and expressed the changing scenarios of the country throughout the years. It has very carefully constructed historical narratives of the Indian nation by not focusing on caste, class, gender, and other such social aspects and issues in its ‘representation." and construction of Indian society. Labour in India constitutes an important part of modern India. Scholars have extensively researched the engagement of/with cinema and other social identities; however, in the context of labour, there are various vantage points, such as the narratives of labour that necessitate a serious critical engagement with the cinema text. A lot of churning was taking place in the post-1950s, which could be helpful in articulating the relationship between state, nation, and economy in the context of cinema The study wishes to understand how labour has been narrated in post-colonial Hindi cinema, locating it in the changing socio-political context by using "hegemony" as a framework.
