ABSTRACT
India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalisation by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the centre of the world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, this Handbook looks at the complex reasons for this remarkable journey.
Combining a historical and thematic approach, the Handbook discusses how Indian cinemas need to be understood in their historical unfolding as well as their complex relationships to social, economic, cultural, political, ideological, aesthetic, technical and institutional discourses. The thematic section provides an up-to-date critical narrative on diverse topics such as audience, censorship, film distribution, film industry, diaspora, sexuality, film music and nationalism.
The Handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting edge survey of Indian cinemas, discussing Popular, Parallel/New Wave and Regional cinemas as well as the spectacular rise of Bollywood. It is an invaluable resource for students and academics of South Asian Studies, Film Studies and Cultural Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |30 pages
Historical analysis
part |142 pages
Regional cinemas
part |148 pages
Themes and perspectives
chapter |12 pages
The Scale of Diasporic Cinema
chapter |15 pages
Digitizing the National Imaginary
part |50 pages
The business of Indian cinemas
chapter |15 pages
Foundations, Movements and Dissonant Images
part |56 pages
Cinema halls and audiences