The philosophy behind CineRaaga
Rasa — the ancient science of emotion
Over 2,000 years ago, the Sanskrit scholar Bharata Muni described nine fundamental human emotions in the Natyashastra — the world's oldest treatise on performing arts. He called them Nava Rasa — the nine emotional essences that all great art evokes.
Every Indian film, every classical dance, every raga in Carnatic music is designed to evoke one or more of these rasas. At CineRaaga, we use this 2,000-year-old framework to help you find exactly the film you need for exactly how you feel.
No algorithm. No black box. Just the oldest emotional intelligence system in the world — applied to modern cinema.