"Filming the Gods" explores Indian cinema's portrayal of religion and the gods, from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the technicolor spectacles of modern Bollywood. Looking at the influential Hindi cinema of Mumbai, as well as at Islamic and other sources, Rachel Dwyer asks how the depiction of divinity and devotion in film has affected India's religious, political and sexual culture. Her exhilarating tale weaves from Indian cinema's founding nationalist impulses, where Hindi epics from the Mahabharata and Ramayana were devised in response to western Biblical films,...
"Filming the Gods" explores Indian cinema's portrayal of religion and the gods, from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the tec...
An invaluable introduction to 100 of the best classic, historically important and cultBollywood films Reflecting the work of key directors, major stars and important music directors and screenplay writers, the films covered include Mother India, Sholay, Junglee, Pyaasa and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. "
An invaluable introduction to 100 of the best classic, historically important and cultBollywood films Reflecting the work of key directors, major star...
Now nearly 100 years old, Indian cinema is one of that country's most vibranty cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at it peak producing an estimated 800 films a year. Cinema India concentrates on the visual culture of Indian film.
Now nearly 100 years old, Indian cinema is one of that country's most vibranty cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at it pea...
Bollywood movies have long been known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But these exciting and often amusing films rarely reflect the reality of life on the Indian subcontinent. Exploring the nature of mainstream Hindi cinema, the strikingly illustratedBollywood s Indiaexamines its nonrealistic depictions of everyday life in India and what it reveals about Indian society. Showing how escapism and entertainment function in Bollywood cinema, Rachel Dwyer argues that Hindi cinema s interpretations of India...
Bollywood movies have long been known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. Bu...
Serious research on Bollywood perhaps the most well-known and vital aspect of contemporary Indian culture has flourished in recent decades. This new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative anthology to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject s large body of scholarship, and the continuing explosion in research output. Edited by Rachel Dwyer, a leading expert in the field, this new Routledge title is a mini library of foundational and the very best cutting-edge work.
Bollywood provides an indispensable one-stop resource on the development...
Serious research on Bollywood perhaps the most well-known and vital aspect of contemporary Indian culture has flourished in recent decades. This ne...
Modern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts such as ahimsa, caste, darshan, and race have taken on different meanings.Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the Indian subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this volume comprises over one hundred individual...
Modern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As...
Modern Indian studies have become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain conceptsasuch as Ahimsa, Caste, Darshan, and Raceahave taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts out the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this work consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to...
Modern Indian studies have become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result...
