100 Essential Indian Films

This book offers a comprehensive view of the 100 most significant films ever produced in Bollywood. Each entry includes cast and crew information, language, date of release, a short description of the film's plot, and most significantly, the importance of the film in the Indian canon.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Films A - Z
Appendix: Films by English Title
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

About the author

Rohit K. Dasgupta is program director and lecturer in global communications and development at Loughborough University. He is the author of Digital Queer Cultures in India (2017) and editor of Queering Digital India (2018) and Friendship as Social Justice Activism (2018).
Sangeeta Datta is a filmmaker, educator, and cultural commentator. She is the author of Shyam Benegal (2002) and Tagore: At Home in the World (2016) and coeditor of Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema, Gender and Art (2016). Datta is also the director of Baithak Arts, a not-for-profit company which promotes and celebrates the rich legacy of South Asian arts.

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive view of the 100 most significant films ever produced in Bollywood. Each entry includes cast and crew information, language, date of release, a short description of the film's plot, and most significantly, the importance of the film in the Indian canon.

Product details

• Authors: Rohit Dasgupta, Rohit K. Dasgupta, Rohit K. Datta Dasgupta, Dasgupta Rohit K., Sangeeta Datta, Datta Sangeeta
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781442277984
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7798-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: National Cinemas; National Cinemas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Reference, Films, cinema, Reference works, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference