We decided to choose 3 different categories- religion, politics and film. We would take at least one imminent personality from each category and ask the people to pick one- their favorite one. We created paper cutout masks with a long handle of 8 prominent personalities. They could stand with the mask however they wanted- either with the mask beside their face, or on top of theirs. It would also show us their relations or connection with that personality.
The eight people we chose were-
1. Manmohan Singh, The PM of India
2. Yedyurappa, the CM of karnataka
3 Upendra, The local film star
4. Shahrukh Khan, The national film star
5. Brad Pitt, The international film star
6. Pooja Gandhi, The local actress
7. Parvathamma, a well respected film producer
8. Sri Hanumanji
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IDOLS CHOSEN BY THE VILLAGERS OF NARAYANPURA
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE SURVEYED = 57The clear favourite was Upendra, the local film hero. More people chose to have a picture taken with his mask on than anyone else. However, a large number of people also chose thheir God, Hanumanji.
PEOPLE’S CHOICES BASED ON DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SOCIETY
Quite surprisingly, People chose film stars much more than God! We had expected a large number of people to chose religion over film.
Quite surprisingly, People chose film stars much more than God! We had expected a large number of people to chose religion over film.PEOPLE’S CHOICES WITHIN THE GIVEN FILM STARS
The people of narayanpur we quite besotted with their local hero itself. They did not have too much exposure to the outside world and even shahrukh khan, the countries biggest film star got chosen only 5 times! Brad Pitt, of course, was not even heard of and was chosen only once, that too because they found it funny.
Infact many People picked up hid mask, and then put it back down realizing that he is a foreigner. the villagers were quite proud of their own people and had a certain disregard for foreigners
The people in Narayanpura viallage were friendly and warm when we went to them with our tool for research. At first most were wary of students walking around with masks in their hands and approaching them. Amongst them, we found the men to be much more co-operative and interactive. They, in fact, encouraged the ladies and others to join in our little activity.
The females mostly stayed silent and wanted nothing from us. But when they were encouraged by their husbands and fathers, they gave way and picked a mask. Many a times, they even needed to be prodded a bit, but the enthusiasm of others caused the rest to co-operate, hesitatingly.
The kids were the most fun of all. They were bold and enthusiastic. They loved being a part of the activity, and made us a part of them immediately. They even ran home to home, and called others to come join them. It was partly due to their enthusiasm that our activity gathered the attention that it did. The kids followed us around, and hounded us to see the photographs taken.
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