The Evolution of Song and Dance in Hindi Cinema

ISBN-13: 9780367335601 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 134 str.

Ajay Gehlawat; Rajinder Dudrah

Opis

Exploring the evolution of song and dance in the popular Hindi film, this book examines how these quintessential elements have been and continue to be theorized. It was originally published as a special issue of South Asian Popular Culture.

Spis treści

Introduction: The evolution of song and dance in Hindi cinema  Part I: Early Developments in Song and Dance  1. Synchronicity and continuity of sound and image in early Indian cinema  2. Two dances and a conference  3. Dance Musicalization: Proposing a choreomusicological approach to Hindi film song-and-dance sequences  Part II: Contemporary Transformations  4. Romance, piety, and fun: The transformation of qawwali and Islamicate culture in Hindi cinema  5. A.R. Rahman and the aesthetic transformation of Indian film scores  6. Bollywood’s variation on the firanginess theme: Song-and-dance sequences as heterotopic offbeats  7. Kehte Hain Humko Pyar Se Indiawaale: Shaping a contemporary diasporic Indianness in and through the Bollywood Song  8. The picture is not yet over!: The end credits song sequence in Bollywood