The Cinema of India

Informationen zum Autor edited by Lalitha Gopalan Klappentext The Cinema of India examines in detail twenty-four landmark films from one of the world's largest national cinemas. Gathering writings by renowned scholars of Indian cinema! this collection provides a novel framework for reading film. Taken together! these essays act as a guide to deciphering the varied terrain of Indian film production and its reception both nationally and globally. The volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the histories of different regional cinemas; the role of studios; the place of "middle" cinema and its relationship to state subsidies; the style of popular films; the allure of stardom; the resistant style of art films; the resurgence of auteurism; and the poetics of documentary. The study discusses a range of films released over a period of more than sixty years! including Sant Tukaram (1936)! Parasakthi (1952)! Pather Panchali (1955)! Pyaasa (1957)! Bhuvan Shome (1969)! Ghattashradda (1977) and Ram Ke Nam (1991).

Product details

• Authors: Javed Akhtar, Lalitha Gopalan
• Assisted by: Lalitha Gopalan (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2009
• EAN: 9781905674930
• ISBN: 978-1-905674-93-0
• Series: 24 Frames; 24 Frames
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV