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Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction [#483]
Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction [#483]
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  • Locates the Indian film industry within a larger Cinema Studies framework
  • Frames the history of Indian cinema within its economic and cultural context, from the influence of colonialism to the different moments of independent India
  • Focuses on Bollywood as a key player in the creative economy

 
One film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under colonial rule through to the heights of Bollywood , Indian Cinema has challenged social injustices such as caste, the oppression of Indian women, religious intolerance, rural poverty, and the pressures of life in the burgeoning cities. And yet, the Indian movie industry makes only about five percent of Hollywood's annual revenue.

In this Very Short Introduction Ashish Rajadhyaksha delves into the political, social, and economic factors which, over time, have shaped Indian Cinema into a fascinating counterculture. Covering everything from silent cinema through to the digital era, Rajadhyaksha examines how the industry reflects the complexity and variety of Indian society through the dramatic changes of the 20th century, and into the beginnings of the 21st. 

Index: 

Preface
1: The political popular
2: Imperatives of cinematic realism: Late colonial India
3: The 'all-India' film, partition, and new careers for the cinema
4: The new cinemas
5: Bollywood
References
Further reading
Index

About the author: 

Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Independent researcher
 
Ashish Rajadhyaksha is a film historian and film curator. He is the co-author of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (with Paul Willemen, London: British Film Institute, 1994/1999), and author of several books on the Indian cinema. He has curated major exhibitions and film festivals, You Don't Belong, Film season of 35 Indian films in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming and Hong Kong (2011), the exhibition 'Memories of Cinema' at the IVth Guangzhou Triennial (2011) and co-curated (with Geeta Kapur) the exhibition 'Bombay/ Mumbai 1992-2001', a part of the exhibition Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, Tate Modern (2002). He has held fellowships and been visiting faculty at the University of Chicago, the Lingnan University, Hong Kong, the Korean National University of Arts and the National University of Singapore.

Product details

ISBN : 9780198723097

Author: 
Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Jul 2016
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction [#483]

Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction [#483]

Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction [#483]