Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake identify six major influences which have shaped Indian popular cinema: The branching structures of ancient Indian epics, like the Mahabharata and Ramayana . Indian popular films often have plots which branch off into sub-plots. Ancient Sanskrit drama, with its stylised nature and emphasis on spectacle in which music, dance and gesture combine "to create a vibrant artistic unit with dance and mime being central to the dramatic experience." Matthew Jones of De Montfort University also identifies the Sanskrit concept of rasa , or "the emotions felt by the audience as a result of the actor’s presentation", as crucial to Bollywood films. Traditional folk theater, which became popular around the 10th century with the decline of Sanskrit theater. Its regional traditions include the Jatra of Bengal, the Ramlila of Uttar Pradesh, and the Terukkuttu of Tamil Nadu. Parsi theatre, which "blended realism and fantasy, music and dance,...
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