POPULARITY OF FANTASY FILMS: LOVE FOR CREATIVITY OR MERE ESCAPISM?

Cinema is one of the most popular and contemporary modes of representing life and its various aspects creatively. There was a time when movies used to imitate life and human behavior with utmost resemblance and closeness to it. With the increasing importance of creativity and imaginative sensibility in the media sector, various art forms and their approach towards visualizing and presenting the humane and natural world have received a new dimension. Most importantly with the changing perceptions of the audience towards the representation of life, the way they live and the way they want to visualize it has led to the evolution of various genres of films and cinema, Fantasy films being one of them.