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BOLLYWOOD - POP
ULAR INDIAN CINEMA
'Bollywood - Popular Indian Cinema' is the best guide to popular Indian cinema. It covers the long history of Indian film, including rarely seen images from film archives, together with those by leading photographers. This is THE BOOK that every Hindi movie lover should own. It celebrates Indian cinema with 400 pages of spectacular photographs, in-depth stories of the stars and of every great Hindi film and its context. The production quality of this book is unmatched, as is the lively and lucid writing.
Bollywood has become one of the largest film industries in the world, producing over 800 films a year. In the course of its century-long history, it has steadily turned these myths, folk tales and legends of India into the modernity of motion pictures. Today, Bollywood attracts over one billion spectators worldwide. 'Bollywood - Popular Indian Cinema' celebrates what is now a far-reaching cultural phenomenon. |
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ABOUT THE CHAPTERS AND AUTHORS
The forward is written by Derek Malcolm, one of the most revered critics of world cinema. What follows is a gripping analysis of the last 100 years provided by the book's editor, Lalit Mohan Joshi. The Bollywood legends themselves share their views about the industry - Gulzar, the famous lyricist, explores the deep roots of song and dance, while the renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal shares his unique insight of the filmmaking climate.
Acclaimed Indian film critics line up to give in-depth reviews on Bollywood's burning subjects: a range of Bollywood classics and blockbusters are analysed by Pratik Joshi, and Maithili Rao describes what is in the heart and soul of this popular genre. Dolly Thankore evaluates the legends of Bollywood, whilst the 'underdogs' - vamp and villains - are profiled by Deepa Gahlot. In the final chapter, Madhu Jain opens the doors to the future of Bollywood providing a close-up of a new generation of film makers, out to conquer the West.
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Hardback, 280 x 240mm, 352 pp.
Over 350 colour illustrations, 5 colour throughout,
and jacket with French folds.
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