Product Description

Focuses on the visual culture of Indian cinema, specifically Bombay-based cinema since 1913. Drawing on a range of sources, this title examines Bombay cinema's unique styles, genres and themes, tracing its roots in early photography, theatre and chromolithography and its development as a visual regime that dominates Indian popular culture.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #900059 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

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Review
'Written in a clear and accessible style . . . It is also exceptionally well-illustrated . . . In extending their analysis to extra-filmic discourses, Dwyer and Patel show how movie imagery permeates into the wider culture and society.' --Film International

'A most welcome book . . . full of information and delightful illustrations of Hindi film stars and sets of major, even path-breaking productions, both in color and in black and white, that elicit nostalgic memories . . . a must read for Hindi film fans and for students and scholars in film studies and visual studies.' --Journal of Asian Studies

'A rich and substantive analysis . . . informative and interesting.'
--Contemporary South Asia

About the Author
Rachel Dwyer is a lecturer in Gujarati and Indian Studies at SOAS, University of London. Divia Patel is a curatorial assistant in the Indian and South-East Asian Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum.