Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India's other cinemas.
Rachel Dwyer's lively discussion encompasses the mythological genre which continues India's long tradition of retelling Hindu myths and legends, drawing on sources such as the national epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana; the devotional genre, which...
Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the tr...
Yash Chopra's career as a film director began in 1959, and he has been a producer since 1973. This study of the man and his work is based on interviews with Yash Chopra, his family, his stars, his colleagues, his contemporaries and also some of his major critics.
Yash Chopra's career as a film director began in 1959, and he has been a producer since 1973. This study of the man and his work is based on interview...
