Cinema is not only a major industry in India it is a powerful cultural force. But until now no one has undertaken a major examination of the ways in which films made in Bombay mediate the urban experience in India. In Bombay Cinema Cinema is not only a major indust... Lees meer.

Romantic love overwhelms 1950s Bombay cinema. Love and romance is evident in the themes lyrics and visual aesthetics of films of the period as it is in the publicity and gossip surrounding films and film stars. Love in cinema becomes significant when social reality co... Lees meer.

This new history of partition and South Asian cinema is narrated through the careers of migr film personnel as well as through the distinctive genres and ancillary ventures that accompanied the aftershocks of partition. Moving beyond arguments about social contingenc... Lees meer.

Bombay Cinema s Islamicate Histories comprises fourteen essays on the history and influence of cultural Islam on Bombay cinema. These essays are written by major scholars of both South Asian cultural history and Indian cinema working across several continents. Followin... Lees meer.

For decades viewers have been fascinated by Bollywood and its conventions which do not quite reflect on the real Mumbai society. Due to the increased influence of globalization and the changing Mumbai society lately several films extend from Bombay cinema which attem... Lees meer.

Offers a study of the cultural politics of sound in Bollywood cinema. Taking as its subject the expansive domain of the aural in cinema this book identifies singing listening and speaking in cinema as key sites in which notions of identity and difference take form.... Lees meer.

Indian cinema is the only body of world cinema that depicts courtesans as important characters. In early films courtesan characters transmitted Indian classical dance music and aesthetics to large audiences. They represent the nation s past tracing their heritage to t... Lees meer.

Bombay before Bollywood offers a fresh alternative look at the history of Indian cinema. Avoiding the conventional focus on India s social and mythological films Rosie Thomas examines the subaltern genres of the magic and fighting films the fantasy costume and stu... Lees meer.

India produces an impressive number of films each year in a variety of languages. Here Monika Mehta breaks new ground by analyzing Hindi films and exploring the censorship of gender and heterosexuality in Bombay cinema. She studies how film censorship on various levels... Lees meer.

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Indian cinema is the only body of world cinema that depicts courtesans as important characters. In early films courtesan characters transmitted Indian classical dance music and aesthetics to large audiences. They represent the nation s past tracing their heritage to t... Lees meer.

From Bombay Mumbai and other production centres on the Indian subcontinent Indian popular cinema has travelled globally for nearly a century culminating in the Bollywood-inspired Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. This volume brings together perspectives on I... Lees meer.

Indian cinema is the only body of world cinema that depicts courtesans as important characters. In early films courtesan characters transmitted Indian classical dance music and aesthetics to large audiences. They represent the nation s past tracing their heritage to t... Lees meer.

Popularly known as Bollywood Bombay cinema conjures up song dance and starry-eyed romance. Where do those conventions come from. Many derive from the historical influence of Muslim cultures interacting with other traditions in the Indian subcontinent. Contributions b... Lees meer.