Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change

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Trentham, 2004 - Education - 161 pages
The book reviews nine decades of Indian popular cinema and examines its immense influence on people in India and its diaspora. Since it was published in 1998, Indian film has developed in new directions. As films today vie with Indian soap operas for popularity, film making in India has acquired 'industry status' and consequently has greater accountability to its public.

All this is reflected in this new and extensively revised edition of "Indian Popular Cinema". It tracks the rise of "designer cinema," reviews the increasingly significant Tamil cinema, and considers films made by Indians in the diaspora.

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About the author (2004)

K. Moti Gokulsing is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East London. He co-edits the journal South Asian Popular Culture and is the author of the acclaimed Indian Popular Cinema, also published by Trentham. Wimal Dissanayake is Adjunct Fellow at the East-West Centre, Hawaii and founding editor of the East-West Film Journal.

Bibliographic information

Title Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change
Authors K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake
Edition illustrated, reprint, revised
Publisher Trentham, 2004
ISBN 1858563291, 9781858563299
Length 161 pages
Subjects  ›   › 

Education / General
Performing Arts / Film / General
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Performing Arts / Film / Regional & National
   
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