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Zusatztext "This book breaks new ground in what has become a field of clichés - Indian Cinema. It is an insightful peek into what Parallel cinema in India has evolved into. A must read for anyone studying the subject! or just passionate about cinema." -- Renji Matthews! University of Sharjah! UAE Informationen zum Autor Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram has a PhD from Heriot-Watt University! Edinburgh. He is currently Programming Adviser for the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF)?and Creative Director of the festival's expansion to other cities in the UK. Zusammenfassung Contemporary scholarship on Indian cinema so far has focused asymmetrically on Bollywood—India’s dominant cultural export. Reversing this trend, this book provides an in-depth examination of the burgeoning independent Indian film sector. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1 1. Bollywood and the Cinemas of India: The Story so Far 2. The Meta-Hegemony: Leviathan Bollywood and Lilliputian Indies 3. The Anatomy of the Indies 4. Avenues of Indie Funding, Distribution and Exhibition 5. Interstitial Indies Interrogating India’s Double Narrative 6. Running Along with Scissors: Censorship and Regulation Part 2: Case Studies 7. Rapping in Double Time: Gandu's Subversive Time of Liberation 8. Dhobi Ghat: The Marginal in the Mumbai Mainstream 9 . Peepli Live: Neoliberal Capital, Media ‘Knowledge’ and Political Power 10. All the World’s a Ship: Broken Binaries and Hyperlinked Heterotopias in Ship of Theseus 11. A Cinematic Quartet Conjuring Ghosts of Nation: Harud, Haider, The Lunchbox and I Am Conclusion: Charting the Ship’s Course
