The visual or the visible medium exerts tremendous influence on the socio-political milieu of nations, permeating every aspect of its social order. Moving image is the medium of mass culture and the most important and universal art form of the 20 century. They perform the role of neo-colonizers taking possession of the psyche of society through deliberate intrusion into the socio-political and economic life of the nation. Films are the most popular and effective visual media acting as modes of signification through which social realities get reconstructed. More than any other art it has the power to shape our sense of identity and understanding. It opens a window into culture and its study brings us the intimacy and immediacy unavailable from most other media of communication, Film Studies which has emerged as one of the most important academic disciplines in the 21 century is extremely interdisciplinary in nature. Film theory considers films as distinct cultural products reflecting the values and ideas of society and culture. They converge politics and human experience envisaging an interpretation of personal sentiments and political ideology of the mores that produced it
Key words: Satire , Best , Live , Socio-Political
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