"The increasing interest in tribal characters might be a mere coincidence, but the timing is of interest. None of this, ...

Question

"The increasing interest in tribal characters might be a mere coincidence, but the timing is of interest. None of this, though, is to say that the tribal hero has arrived in Hindi cinema, or that the new crop of characters represents the acceptance of the tribal character in the industry. The films and the characters are interesting; to say that they depict the tribal character accurately. The timing and the interest are intriguing, but the pattern is not yet representative enough to be described as a pattern."

What does the word 'arrived' mean in the paragraph above?

A. reached a terminus  B. came to a conclusion  C. came to a place  D. became successful

Accepted Answer

C. came to a place — 'arrived in Hindi cinema' means the tribal hero has come to (established a presence in) Hindi cinema as a domain. In the passage, 'the tribal hero has arrived in Hindi cinema' means the tribal hero has come into (or established a presence in) Hindi cinema as a location or domain. The phrase 'arrived in Hindi cinema' is analogous to 'arrived in a city' — meaning reached or entered that space. The passage explicitly says this arrival is NOT yet confirmed, suggesting the tribal hero has not yet truly come to Hindi cinema as a mainstream presence.