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PSYCHOANALYSIS OF SCENES THAT TRIGGER ALCOHOLISM AND SMOKING IN THE PAN INDIA FILM KGF 2

PSYCHOANALYSIS OF SCENES THAT TRIGGER ALCOHOLISM AND SMOKING IN THE PAN INDIA FILM KGF 2

 

K. Abish Vignesh 1Icon

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1 Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli – 628 809, Tamil Nadu, India

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli – 628 809, Tamil Nadu, India

 

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ABSTRACT

Psychoanalysis is a clinical treatment approach for psychopathology. Sigmund Freud used it to treat his patients by interpreting dreams and unconscious desires. It was later applied to film as a psychoanalytic film theory Margolis (2013). Many film theorists and critics support this theory because cinema has an irrational relationship with the spectator's subconscious. Neither view nor Psychoanalytic film theory can describe the film spectator's unconscious Allen (1999). The fiery treatment of heroic booze and smoking moments in the Pan-Indian Film KGF 2 affected many viewers unconscious. These scenes include powerful temptations that are suppressed over the spectator's psyche's shadow archetypes (dark or hidden personality); a suitable symbolic order (Lacan) is required to unveil persona archetypes (mask or reveal character). The film requires psychological investigation. Although many theorists have contributed to psychoanalysis theory, the researcher favours Carl Jung's psychoanalytic cinema theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious. The researcher uses purposive sampling to select KGF-2 as the sample. Smoking and alcoholic scenes were analysed using qualitative and quantitative content analysis (duration of consumption, consuming scene description, the character consuming, and the sense that suppresses the consuming behaviour overshadow archetypes), and five fellow scholars participated in a focus group discussion to interpret those scenes (scene interpretation and capacity of consuming behavior). Finally, the outcome was assessed using shadow archetype variables (desire, violence, heroism, joy, power, and so on) that were suppressed by the film sequences.

 

Received 01 April 2023

Accepted 10 June 2023

Published 15 June 2023

Corresponding Author

K. Abish Vignesh, abishvignesh1@gmail.com

DOI 10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i1SE.2023.395  

Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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Keywords: Psychoanalytic Film Theory, Psychoanalysis of KGF 2, Alcoholism and Smoking in KGF 2

 

 

 


1. INTRODUCTION

Alcoholism and smoking are now much more common than they ever were. Films now feature more drinkers and smoking scenes than ever before. Real-life smokers and drinkers and alcohol and smoking material in movies go hand in hand. Many viewers are influenced by film to consume them Dickinson (2012). According to Jacques Lacan, a person's ego develops when they first view themselves in a mirror as children. Likewise, viewers identify with his characters and the movie as a reflection of themselves Tsialides (2021). The audience adopts not only the characteristics of the film characters but also the props they utilise Jung (2013). The main protagonists also regularly use alcohol and cigarettes. According to the catharsis effect, viewers in movies seek pleasure from a character's action, which viewers do not do in real life by Lacan's symbolic order Ebersole (2015). Symbolic order, such as family, friends, and school, has a shared moral code that a person is afraid to violate Asiner (2020). However, in modern society, drunkenness and smoking are widely accepted as widespread vices, which makes it simple for viewers to imitate addictive behaviours from movies. To analyse the smoking and drinking scenes in the movie, psychological study is required.

The Kannada movie KGF 2 was made available in five different languages in India. This made the image really pan-Indian. The movie has several scenes that reawaken the smoking and intoxication demons. Christian Metz believes moviegoers relate to the movies they see Buckland (2017). The viewer's unconscious (or self-conscious) mind was respectful of the film source while watching it. It assumes the characteristics, behaviours, and actions of the movie character while repressing emotions or perceptions like fear, wrath, lust, heroism, and envy in favour of shadow archetypes Jung (1991). The Carl Jung psychoanalytic cinema theory should be used to analyse this film. Carl Jung's theory is influenced by eastern mythology, riddles, and dreams because Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic film theory was clinical and scientific in the western sense Moonchild (2016). Therefore, Carl's psychoanalytic cinema theory was better suited to studying a western movie and its viewers. The Carl idea also has roots in eastern mysticism. The ego (conscious mind), the personal conscious (which contains suppressed memories), and the collective unconscious (inherited knowledge) are the three components of the psyche that he split into Cruz (2021). The ego and personal consciousness are what he referred to as. Archetypes. He divided archetypes into six key characters. Persona, shadow, the wise old man for males, the earth goddess for women, the anima for men, and the animus for women are all defined by Edinger (1992). The anima and animus are the hidden feminine in males and masculine in females, respectively, and the persona (false self) is the revealing personality of our self. The shadow (real self) is the hidden dark side of our personality that has ideas, desires, weaknesses, etc. of primal instincts (sex violence, etc). Doughty & Etherington-Wright (2017). Only the shadow and persona archetypes are required for the study. Rocky, the main character, appears in the most drinking and smoking moments in the KGF-2 movie. He consumes it in a variety of emotions and situations, including love, aggression, heroism, envy, fury, and even just before he passes away. Since all of these occurrences (scenes) are more well-known, the audience feels grateful to have witnessed this behaviour. Our primal inclination shadow—Carl Jung's term for our dark side that is both conscious and unconscious—suppresses these behaviours. When viewers lose their cool in real life due to intense aggressiveness, envy, or other emotions or symbolic orders pertinent to the suppressed action, they suffer from overwhelming cravings to drink or smoke. The instinct might be one of contentment, or the conscious mind's birr might restrain it. However, most people typically have subpar conscious minds, particularly when it comes to emotional impulses Jones (2022). As a result, KGF 2 frequently encourages drinking and smoking. As a result, it was chosen as a sample using the purposive sampling method. In the movie, archetypes (universal associations) are represented by symbols, themes, and characters, as established by Carl Jung. The majority of movies show drinking and smoking as archetypes in realistic settings. The archetypes in KGF 2 are the same. So, a thorough investigation ought to be necessary. The "psychoanalytic film theory" of Carl Jung served as the researcher's theoretical foundation for the study.

The drinking and smoking scenes in the movie are validated using qualitative and quantitative content analysis, and the scenes are interpreted using focus groups. The researcher validates the situations that cause this behavior using the shadow archetype variables (lust, anger, greed, self-pity, etc.). The initial technique of "Psychoanalytic Film Theory," which focuses on the culture and myths surrounding films and how they arise from them, was "Cultural Myth Analysis" M.D. (2016). Movies like "KGF 2" also promoted smoking and alcoholism as cultural standards.

 

2. METHOD

The research methodology included qualitative and quantitative content analysis and focus group discussion. Content analysis is used to examine alcoholic and smoking content scene by scene. It is also applied to collect data about triggering scenes' duration, time code, shots, screen presence, description, character consumption, and the sense that suppressing the behavior overshadowed the archetype. A focus group discussion was applied to interpret the scenes according to the shadow archetype variables (fear, anger, lust, etc.) and analyse the forces shaping the consuming demeanor. The focus group discussion has five members: Santhanu, Nivethitha, PoomariThilagam, Augustin, and Nabeel. The impact of the scenes is measured by reconciling the data from content analysis and focus group discussion. The effect was the scene's ability to suppress the shadow archetype's smoking and drinking habits.The impact was calculated at four levels. Negative impact: These scenes unconsciously create hatred, disgust, or the virtue never to consume them.

Low impact: There is no suppression of the shadow archetype in these scenes. Medium impact: These scenes never give strong suppression but get the already consuming spectator closer to the character. Extreme impact: These scenes can strongly suppress shadow archetype behavior, revealing the persona archetype at the relevant or supportive symbolic order. Some letters are used as symbols in the data analysis. They are (M) the main character, (S) the supporting character, (B) the background character, and

(I) the indirect consumption of alcohol or smoking, like having it in hand or near the character but not consuming it. Some scenes make the audience imagine what the character is consuming. This type of scene is also included in indirect consumption (D), the direct consumption of alcohol or smoking. The researcher reconciles all the collected data and finds which character suppresses more addictive behavior. Because the audience identifies itself more closely with the main characters than the other characters, he also found which emotions or senses (anger, desire, violence, and vice versa) were mostly suppressed. Because when spectators feel any senses or emotions in real life, the suppressed behavioral appetite rises to consciousness and searches for the relevant symbolic order for the reveal. Then he assesses the scenes' impact level to determine whether the film has a strong capacity to suppress addictive behaviour over the shadow archetype.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION

3.1. ANALYSIS OF KGF 2 SCENES THAT TRIGGERS SMOKING BEHAVIOR

Table 1

Table 1

S. NO.

STD

SPTD

SDOF

CS

SSS

SSB

1.

(4:20 to 4:23) = 4 sec

No screen presence

VijendraIngalgi(S) tells that his father didn't know even when he starts to smoke. Spectators imagines about his smoking behavior.

VijendraIngalgi(I)

Sad

Medium

2.

(26:38 to 28:03) = 1 min 25 sec

(26:38 to 26:39, 26:48 to 26:50, 27:40, 27:43, 28:03) [5 shots] = 8 sec

Rocky(M) smokes while Vanara teaches Gun shooting to amateur KGF boys.

Rocky(D)

Heroism and Control

Extreme

3.

(30:25 to 31:011) = 47 sec

(30:25, 30:48, 31:02, 31:06, 31:09 to 31:11) [5 shots] = 7 sec

Rocky (M) tells that he opens 9 sectors for mining to the Andrews, Daya, Guru moorthi and Rajendra desai.

Rocky(I)

Heroism and Control

Extreme

4.

(33:02 to 33:03) = 2 sec

(33:02 to 33:03) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Rocky (M) works along with the peoples in the mine.

Rocky(D)

Stress

Extreme

5.

(40:22 to 41:24) = 1 min 3 sec

(40:22 to 40:25, 40:39 to 40:42) [2 shots] = 8 sec

Vanara explains Rocky about Adheera(M) and his dangerous Viking's way of battle.

Adheera(D)

Heroism and Violence

Medium

6.

(41:30 to 41:32) = 3 sec

(41:30 to 41:32) [1 shot] = 3 sec

Guards(B) are patrols the outpost 1, then Adheera gang kills him.

Guards(D)

Stress

Low

7.

(45:41 to 45:45) = 5 sec

(45:41) [1 shot] = 1 sec

Andrews (S) and Daya kills Rajendra desai.

Andrews (I)

Violence

Medium

8.

(1:00:52 to 1:01:31) = 40 sec

(1:00:52, 1:00:53, 1:00:55, 1:00:58, 1:01:07 to 1:01:08, 1:01:10, 1:01:12 to 1:01:15, 1:01:19, 1:01:22, 1:01:28, 1:01:31) [11 shots] = 15 sec

Shetty(S) teasing Rocky through phone after rocky was attacked by Adheera and in bed rest.

Shetty (D)

Joy

Medium

9.

(1:04:24 to 1:05:27) = 1 min 4 sec

(1:04:24 to 1:04:31, 1:05:19 to 1:05:27) [2 shots] = 18 sec

Rocky (M) gets Reena and travel through helicopter to visit Inayath Khalil.

Rocky (D)

Heroism

Extreme

10.

(1:09:40 to 1:09:44) = 5 sec

(1:09:40 to 1:09:44) [1 shot] = 5 sec

Adheera (S) get his gang near KGF.

Adheera (D)

Heroism

Medium

11.

(1:09:59 to 1:10:01) = 3 sec

(1:09:59 to 1:10:01) [1 shot] = 3 sec

Inayath Khalil explains he has gangs in India. Then a frame of Shetty (S) smoking was come.

Shetty (D)

Bore

Medium

12.

(1:10:03 to 1:10:04) = 2 sec

(1:10:03 to 1:10:04) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Inayath Khalil explains he has gangs in India. Then a frame of a rowdy(B) smoking was come.

Rowdy(I)

Joy

Low

13.

(1:22:29 to 1:22:38) = 10 sec

(1:22:29 to 1:22:33, 1:22:36 to 1:22:38) [2 shots] = 8 sec

Naga Raju (S) tells the greatness of Rocky to Anand Ingalagi.

Naga Raju (D)

Thought Process

Medium

14.

(1:25:54 to 1:26:08) = 15 sec

(1:25:54 to 1:26:08) [1 shot] = 15 sec

Rocky (M) helps the workers to raise the greet wood Heroically by smoking.

Rocky (D)

Heroism

Extreme

15.

(1:27:22 to 1:28:08) = 47 sec

(1:27:22, 1:27:23 to 1:27:24, 1:27:25 to 1:27:47, 1:27:48 to 1:28:08) [4 shots] = 45 sec

Rocky (M) smokes while killing Shetty.

Rocky (D)

Heroism, Anger and Violence

Extreme

16.

(1: 29:12 to 1:29:13) = 2 sec

(1: 29:12 to 1:29:13) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Rocky (M) smokes while speak to inayathKhallil through phone in Sulthana

song.

Rocky (D)

Stress

Extreme

17.

(1: 29:16 to 1:29:17) = 2 sec

(1: 29:16 to 1:29:17) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Rocky (M) smokes on boat in Sulthana song.

Rocky (D)

Heroism

Extreme

18.

(1: 29:20 to 1:29:21) = 2 sec

(1: 29:20 to 1:29:21) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Rocky (M) smokes on KGF bangalow in Sulthana song.

Rocky (D)

Accomplishment

Extreme

19.

(1:43:19 to 1:44:32) = 1 min 14 sec

(1:43:20 to 1:43:25, 1:43:26 to 1:43:30, 1:43:33 to 1:43:39, 1:43:48 to 1:43:51, 1:43:57 to 1:44:03, 1:44:07 to 1:44:08,

1:44:10 to 1:44:15,

1:44:16, 1:44:19,

1:44:21 to 1:44:24,

1:44:27 to 1:44:31) [10 shots] = 48 sec

Rocky (M) smokes while checking new weapons and get anger by hearing the police raid.

Rocky (D)

Control, Thought Process and Anger

Extreme

20.

(1:47:44 to 1:49:57) = 2 min 14 sec

(1:47:50 to 1:47:51, 1:48:00 to 1:48:02, 1:48:05, 1:48:08 to 1:48:09, 1:48:14 to 1:48:16, 1:48:20 to 1:48:22, 1:48:26 to 1:48:27, 1:48:29, 1:48:30 to 1:48:32, 1:48:34 to 1:48:36, 1:48:39 to 1:48:40, 1:48:41 to 1:48:42, 1:48:44 to 1:48:45, 1:48:47 to 1:48:48, 1:48:50 to 1:48:51, 1:48:59, 1:49:01 to 1:49:06, 1:49:07 to 1:49:08, 1:49:15 to 1:49:16, 1:49:23 to 1:49:25, 1:49:31 to 1:49:50) [21 shots] = 1 min 7 sec

Rocky (M) destroys the police station by a great gun for his gold.

Rocky (D)

Heroism, Anger, Control and Violence

Extreme

21.

(1:49:58 to 1:50:01) = 4 sec

(1:49:58 to 1:50:01) [1 shot] = 4 sec

VijendraIngalgi(S) has cigarette in hands after telling Rocky's Police station shoot story.

VijendraIngal gi(I)

Thought Process

Medium

22.

(2:07:19 to 2:07:37) = 19 sec

(2:07:19 to 2:07:37) [1 shot] = 19 sec

Rocky (M) speaks about Rameeka's activities after a phonecall.

Rocky (D)

Thought Process

Extreme

23.

(2:13:14 to 2:13:26) = 13 sec

(2:13:14 to 2:13:17, 2:13:24 to 2:13:26) [2 shots] = 7 sec

Rocky (M) smokes in car after visiting P.M Rameeka.

Rocky (D)

Heroism and Control

Extreme

24.

(2:13:31 to 2:13:41) = 11 sec

(2:13:31 to 2:13:41) [1 shot] = 11 sec

Andrews (S) smokes and said to Daya that Adheera has other plans to destroy Rocky after a phone call.

Andrews (I)

Thought process

Medium

25.

(2:30:44 to 2:30:55) = 12 sec

(2:30:44, 2:30:49, 2:30:55) [3 shots]

= 3 sec

VijendraIngalgi(S) explains Guru Moorthi was the master mind behind all the crimes in KGF. At the flash back Adheera(S), Andrews(S) and Shetty(S) were smoking.

Adheera(D), Andrews(I) and Shetty(D)

Heroism and thought process

Medium

26.

(2:33:17

to 2:33:18) = 2 sec

(2:33:17 to 2:33:18) [1 shot] = 2 sec

Rocky (M) smokes while the Indian Army enters KGF to destroy it.

Rocky (D)

Heroism

Extreme

27.

(2:34:36 to 2:34:41) = 6 sec

(2:34:36 to 2:34:41) [1 shot] = 6 sec

Rocky (M) smokes at ship before his death.

Rocky (D)

Heroism, Sad and

Accomplishment

Extreme

(S.NO - Scene no, STD - Smoking scenes Time code and Duration, SPTD - Smoking screen presence Time code and Duration, SDOF - Scene description and observation through Focus group discussion, CS - Character that smokes, SSS - Sense that suppress the smoking behaviour overshadow Archetypes, SSB - Strength of suppressing smoking behaviour)

Table 2

Table 2

Number of scenes triggers smoking behavior

27

Total duration of scenes triggers smoking

behavior

11:16

Number of Shots having smoking presence

82

Total duration of screen presence of smoking

5:13

 

Table 3

Table 3

Shadow Archetype senses that triggered (T = 10)

No of scenes trigger the smoking behavior over Shadow Archetype senses

Duration of scenes that triggers smoking behavior over Shadow Archetype

senses

No of shots having smoking screen presence that triggers

Duration of shots having smoking screen presence that triggers

Sad

2

0:10

1

0:6

Heroism

13

8:15

49

3:13

Control

5

5:53

43

2:17

Stress

3

0:07

3

0:07

Violence

4

4:09

28

2:01

Joy

2

0:42

12

0:18

Bore

1

0:03

1

0:03

Thought process

6

2:20

18

1:33

Anger

3

4:15

35

1:40

Accomplishment

2

0:08

2

0:08

 

Table 4

Table 4

Character that smokes (T = 8)

No of scenes that character smokes

Duration of scenes that character smokes

No of shots that character smoking screen presence

Duration of character smoking screen presence

VijendraIngalgi(S)

2

0:08

1

0:4

Rocky(M)

15

8:34

57

4:10

Adheera(S)

3

1:20

4

0:14

A Gaurd(B)

1

0:03

1

0:03

Andrews(S)

3

0:28

3

0:13

Shetty(S)

3

0:55

13

0:19

A Rowdy(B)

1

0:02

1

0:02

Naga Raju(S)

1

0:10

2

0:08

Total Background character

2

0:05

2

0:05

Total Supportive character

12

3:01

23

0:58

Total Main Character

15

8:34

57

4:10

 

Table 5

Table 5

 

Scene numbers

Scene durations

Screen presence numbers

Screen presence durations

Indirect Smoking

7

1:25

12

0:28

Direct Smoking

22

10:07

75

5:23

 

Table 6

Table 6

Impact of scenes triggers smoking behavior

No of scenes have impact

Duration of scenes have impact

No of screen presence have impact

Duration of screen presence have impact

Negative

0

0

0

0

Low

2

0:05

2

0:05

Medium

10

2:37

23

0:58

Extreme

15

8:37

57

4:10

 

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Figure 1 Range of Scenes have Impact Based on Number

 

 

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Figure 2 Range of Scenes have Impact Base on Duration

 

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Figure 3 Range of Shots have Impact Based on Number

 

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Figure 4 Range of Shots have Impact Based on D U Ration

 

Result: Extreme impact scenes are the majority in scene numbers, duration, shot numbers, and screen presence. There was not even one negative impact scene to compensate for the vigor of Extreme impact scenes. So, it injects the brutal impact of smoking behavior over spectator's Shadow Archetypes. But the revealing of behavior over Persona Archetype depended on the symbolic order of every individual spectator, which the Author can't analyze. But he strongly suggests that the film strongly impacts smoking behavior over the spectator's psyche.

 

3.2. ANALYSIS OF KGF 2 SCENES THAT TRIGGERS ALCOHOL CONSUMING BEHAVIOR

Table 7

Table 7

S. NO

ATD

APTD

SDOF

CA

SAS

SAB

1.

(38:08 to 38:27) = 20 sec

(38:08 to 38:12 and 38:27) [2 shots] = 6 sec

Rajendra Desai(S) discuss to Andrews(S), Daya(S) and Shetty(S) to destroy Rocky, after he take control over KGF.

Rajendra Desai(I), Andrews(I), Daya(I). (3 Characters)

Vengeance and anger

Medium

2.

(48:19 to 51:30) = 3 min 11 sec

(48:19 to 48:22, 48:34 to 48:35, 48:48 to 48:56, 50:01 to 50:03, 50:47, 51:14 to 51:17, 51:27 and 51:29 to 51:30) [8 shots] = 26 sec

It was a car fight scene of Rocky to save Reena from Adheera's gang. But the scene has many frames of Adrews(S) and Daya(S) discussing about how they plan to destroy Rocky using Adheera.

Andrews(I) And Daya (I) (2 characters)

Vengeance and Joy

Medium

3.

(58:28 to 58:32) = 5 sec

(58:28 to 58:32) [1 shots] = 5 sec

Andrews(S) laugh with alcohol for the down fall of Rocky.

Andrews (I)

Vengeance and Joy

Medium

4.

(1:22:8 to 1:22:57) = 50 sec

(1:22:08 to 1:22:12) [1 shots] = 5 sec

Guru pandian is winning the no confidence meeting against him, at the same time the scene has Andrews(S) askDaya(S) to drink alcohol. But he tells that Rocky was again raised.

Andrews (I)

Joy and Fear

Medium

5.

(1:37:49 to 1:38:46) = 1 min 4 sec

(1:37:49 to 1:37:51, 1:37:59 to 1:38:01, 1:38:06 to 1:38:07, 1:38:13 to 1:38:20, 1:38:30 to 1:38:32, 1:38:39 to 1:38:46) [6 shots] = 26 sec

CBI explains PM Ramikasen about KGF and Rocky. Side by side frames has Rocky(M) drinking alcohol and walks over the top of his Bungalow. It was a glorifying scene of Rocky and KGF.

Rocky (D)

Accomplis hment and Heroism

Extreme

6.

(1:42:03 to 1:43:11) = 1 min 9 sec

(1:42:03 to 1:42:14, 1:42:20 to 1:42:24, 1:42:31 to 1:42:36, 1:42:45 to 1:42:48, 1:42:53 to 1:43:01, 1:43:05 to 1:43:11) [6 shots] = 43 sec

Police raiding for Rocky's Gold, at the same time other scene of Rocky(M) has alcohols. Reena was irritated by fan without electricity. So rocky order to fly his helicopter over the top of Reena for air.

Rocky (I)

Love and Heroism

Extreme

7.

(1:50:58 to 1:51:45) = 1 min 14 sec

(1:50:58 to 1:51:01, 1:51:08 to 1:51:10, 1:51:12 to 1:51:14, 1:51:17 to 1:51:21, 1:51:26 to 1:51:29, 1:51:36 to 1:51:38, 1:51:40 to 1:51:45) [7 shots] = 28 sec

P.M Ramika interview was broadcasted in T.V. She warns Rocky indirectly. Rocky (M) drinks alcohol and listen her interview and tell she is warning him.

Rocky (D)

Relax and Heroism

Extreme

8.

(1:52:32 to 1:52:53) = 22 sec

(1:52:32 to 1:52:40, 1:52:49 to 1:52:53) [2 shots] = 14 sec

Andrews (S) has alcohol, while hearing Rocky hiding gold from black markets.

Andrews (I)

Jealous, sad and tension

Medium

9.

(1:56:59 to 2:01:58) = 4 min 59 sec

(1:56:59 to 1:57:14, 1:58:07 to 1:58:11, 2:01:06 to 2:01:09, 2:01:14 to 2:01:15, 2:01:17 to 2:01:18, 2:01:22 to 2:01:24, 2:01:29 to 2:01:34, 2:01:35 to 2:01:36, 2:01:37 to 2:01:40, 2:01:42 to 2:01:44, 2:01:53 to 2:01:55, 2:01:56 to 2:01:58) [12 shots] = 53 sec

Rocky explain his fellow characters about his mother, father and why he is so eager to get Gold at the tombstone of his mother Shanthi. In this scene Rocky's Father (B) was drunken and in take alcohol in flashback.

Rocky's father (I)

Lazy and desire

Negative

10.

(2:03:013 to 2:03:15) = 3 sec

(2:03:13 to 2:03:15) [1 shot] = 3 sec

This is a KGF - 1 scene comes as a flashback in Mehabooba song. Rocky (M) drinks alcohol while meeting Reena first time.

Rocky (I)

Love and relax

Extreme

11.

(2:05:53 to 2:05:57) = 5 sec

(2:05:53 to 2:05:57) [1 shot] = 5 sec

Reena provides worshipped fruits to the drunken Rocky's father. (B)

Rocky's father. (I)

Lazy

Negative

12.

(2:11:13) = 1 sec

No screen presence of alcohol

Rocky told Rameeka, that people (B) sells vote for alcohol at the scene of Rocky meets Rameeka.

People (I)

Desire

Low

13.

(2:34:36 to 2:39:14) = 4 min 38 sec

(2:34:36 to 2:34:41, 2:34:45 to 2:34:49, 2:35:03 to 2:35:06, 2:35:13 to 2:35:19, 2:35:32 to 2:35:35, 2:35:43 to 2:35:47, 2:36:02 to 2:36:05, 2:36:27 to 2:36:30, 2:37:57 to 2:38:00, 2:38:14 to 2:38:18, 2:38:24 to 2:38:30, 2:38:39 to 2:38:42, 2:38:51 to 2:38:52, 2:38:56 to 2:39:02, 2:39:13 to 2:39:14) [15 shots] = 1 min 10 sec

Rocky(M) was drinking alcohol by riding the ship. At that time Navy forces kill him by missiles. Rocky death by Heroic scene presentation.

Rocky (D)

Heroism, Accomplis hment, Sad.

Extreme

(S.NO - Scene no, ATD - Alcoholic scenes Time code and Duration, APTD - Alcohol screen presence Time code and Duration, SDOF - Scene description and observation through Focus group discussion, CA - Character that intake alcohol, SAS - Sense that suppress the Alcoholic behaviour over Shadow Archetypes, SAB - Strength of suppressing Alcoholic behaviour)

 

Table 8

Table 8

Number of scenes triggers alcoholic behavior

13

Total duration of scenes triggers alcoholic behavior

14:05

Number of Shots having Alcoholic presence

62

Total duration of screen presence of Alcohol

4:44

 

Table 9

Table 9

Shadow Archetype senses that triggered

(T = 13)

No of scenes trigger the alcoholic behavior over Shadow Archetype senses

Duration of scenes that triggers alcoholic behavior over Shadow Archetype senses

No of shots having alcohol screen presence that triggers

Duration of shots having alcohol screen presence that triggers

Vengeance

3

3:36

11

0:37

Angry

1

0:20

2

0:06

Joy

3

4:06

10

0:36

Fear

1

0:50

1

0:05

Accomplishment

2

5:42

21

1:36

Heroism

4

8:05

34

2:47

Love

2

1:12

7

0:46

Relax

2

1:17

8

0:31

Jealous

1

0:22

2

0:14

Sad

2

5:00

17

1:24

Tension

1

0:22

2

0:14

Lazy

2

5:04

13

0:58

Desire

2

5:00

12

0:53

 

Table 10

Table 10

Character that consumes alcohol (T = 6)

No of scenes that character consumes alcohol

Duration of scenes that character consumes alcohol

No of shots that character consuming screen presence

Duration of character consuming screen presence

Rajendra Desai(S)

1

0:20

2

0:06

Andrews(S)

5

4:48

14

0:56

Daya(S)

2

3:30

10

0:32

Rocky(M)

5

8:08

35

2:50

Rocky's Father(B)

2

5:04

13

0:58

People(B)

1

0:01

0

0

Total Background character

3

5:05

13

0:58

Total Supportive character

8

8:38

26

1:34

Total Main Character

5

8:08

35

2:50

 

Table 11

Table 11

 

Scene numbers

Scene durations

Screen presence numbers

Screen presence durations

Indirect alcohol consuming

10

11:05

34

2:40

Direct alcohol consuming

3

6:56

28

2:04

 

Table 12

Table 12

Impact of scenes triggers alcoholic behavior

No of scenes have impact

Duration of scenes have impact

No of screen presence have impact

Duration of screen presence have impact

Negative

2

5:04

13

0:58

Low

1

0:01

0

0

Medium

5

4:48

14

0:56

Extreme

5

8:08

35

2:50

 

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Figure 5 Range of Scenes have Impact Based on Number

 

 

 

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Figure 6 Range of Scenes have Impact Base on Duration

 

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Figure 7 Range of Hots have Impact Based on Number

 

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Figure 8 Range of Shots have Impact Based on Duration

 

Result: Extreme impact scenes were more than others in scene number, duration, shot number, and screen presence. Negative Impact scenes can't compete with Extreme impact scenes. Thus, it has a devastating impact on the spectator's Shadow Archetypes. The injected alcoholic behavior in shadow archetypes was revealed in Persona archetypes when the symbolic order (family, friends, peers, etc.) is supportive of the behavior. But the researcher can't analyze the symbolic order of every spectator individually. But he confirms that the movie's alcoholic scenes strongly impact the spectator’s psyche.

 

4. FINDINGS

Alcoholic and smoking behavior strongly suppressed the spectator's shadow archetype. This is because the majority of the film contains scenes of extreme impact. The spectator’s Shadow Archetype is conscious. They are aware of the psyche's dark primal instinct. But they are afraid or ashamed to reveal it because of the symbolic order (family, friends, peer group, etc.). However, when the symbolic order is supportive of or relevant to the Shadow Archetype's dark instincts, any harmful behavior is revealed to the persona without any restrictions. Symbolic order depends on the spectator's individual life, which the Author cannot analyze. But he demonstrates that the film induces effective alcohol and smoking behaviors in the audience's psyche.

The main character Rocky has the most smoking scenes, with an Extreme Impact of 15 scenes, 8 min 34 sec of duration, and 57 shots. His direct smoking screen presence was 4 minutes and 10 seconds. The characters in the film smoke for heroism in 13 major scenes totalling 8 minutes and 15 seconds and 49 shots. The shadow archetype's sense of heroism was strongly imposed by smoking behavior. So, spectators feel a temptation when they sense heroism in their lives. The secondary, strongly imposed senses were thought process, violence, control, and anger. The major smoking scene was a direct smoking scene with 22 total shots and a duration of 10 minutes and 7 seconds. The overall smoking scene had a rating of 27 with 82 shots and 11 minutes, 16 seconds of duration.

The Rocky character and the supportive character Andrews have the majority of the five alcohol- consuming scenes. But Rocky has more duration and glorification shots than all the other characters. Rocky is drinking 35 shots in 8-minute, 8-second scenes. His direct alcohol-consuming screen presence was 2 minutes and 50 seconds. So, he has the major, extreme impact scenes to incite the audience's psyche. The majority of the heroic sense induces alcoholism through the shadow archetype. It has a total scene number of 4 with 34 shots and 8 minutes, 5 seconds of duration. Vengeance, joy, accomplishment, sadness, laziness, and desire were the secondary majority of emotions induced. The indirect alcohol- consuming scene was the majority. It has a total scene number of 10 with 34 shots and 11 minutes, 5 seconds of duration.

 

5. CONCLUSION

Carl Jung's psychoanalytic film theory explains how a film imposes alcoholic and smoking behaviour on the spectator's psyche. By analysing KGF 2, the researcher reveals the dangers of shadow archetype- suppressed addictive behaviour. The researcher did not seek to denigrate the filmmaking, but rather to highlight the harmful imposition of drunken and smoking behaviour on the minds of the viewers. A pan- Indian picture like KGF-2 has more extensive power to impose its mind on numerous spectators across India due to its amazing hilarious content. As a result, filmmakers must be mindful of the substance they convey in their films and their impact on the audience's minds. The mind of spectators was more sensitive to intense entertainment movies. As a result, it is a tool for morseling any idea or demeanor over the spectator's shadow archetype. As a result, viewers are aware of the content they consume. Even if the researcher cannot analyse the symbolic order of each individual spectator, we can conclude that the rates of drinkers and smokers have increased in recent years. This generates most of the audience's symbolic endorsement of the destructive activity. As a result, filmmakers should use negative effect moments more frequently to compensate for high-impact scenes in their films. As a result, the audience's psychology does not react to alcoholic and smoking-related scenes in movies.

 

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

None.

 

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