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Figurations in Indian Film
This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural.
Understanding Indian Movies
Indian movies are among the most popular in the world. However, despite increased availability and study, these films remain misunderstood and underappreciated in much of the English-speaking world, in part for cultural reasons. In this book, Patrick Colm Hogan sets out through close analysis and explication of culturally particular information about Indian history, Hindu metaphysics, Islamic spirituality, Sanskrit aesthetics, and other Indian traditions to provide necessary cultural contexts for understanding Indian films. Hogan analyzes eleven important films, using them as the focus to explore the topics of plot, theme, emotion, sound, and visual style in Indian cinema. These films draw o...
The Indian Graphic Novel
This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre’s engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretical framework, the volume closely examines major texts such as The Harappa Files, Delhi Calm, Kari, Bhimayana, Gardener in the Wasteland, Pao Anthology, and authors and illustrators including Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Durgabai Vyam, Amrutha Patil, Srividya Natarajan and others. It also explores — using key illustrations from the texts — critical themes like contested and alternate histories, urban realities, social exclusion, contemporary politics, and identity politics. A major intervention in Indian writing in English, this volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, cultural studies, art and visual culture, and sociology.
G. P. SIPPY'S SHOLAY - GABBAR
For the first time ever the secret origin of GABBAR SINGH is finally revealed! Experience the legend of the greatest villain in Bollywood cinema, the infamous bandit who has captivated audiences for over 30 years ago through the classic movie SHOLAY! Journey to his past and witness the never-before-seen bloody, tragic and twisted story that turned an ordinary boy into a legendary evil and pop-culture icon. Also included in this book are a series of "SHOLAY SHORTS," featuring all-new original short stories based on fan-favorite characters from the movie including THAKUR BALDEV SINGH, SOORMA BHOPALI, SAMBHA and more!
The Secret Politics of Our Desires
This book examines the enormous industry of Indian popular cinema. It provokes a thinking of cinema as political in the widest sense - from its importance in ideas of nation and national cultural formation to class and gender.
On & Behind the Indian Cinema
Being a film-fan, the author has been in touch with the Indian Cinema from V. Shantaram's “Dahez” of 1948 to Arbaaz Khan's “Dabang” of 2012. During the six decades, he has come across to a good number of film personalities who are to be seen on the screen by the audience and also those who are behind the Indian Cinema. The present book covers both the aspects and revolves around not only to heroes and heroines but also to producers, directors, music directors, lyrics, songs, singers, choreographers and cameramen. It is a handy encyclopedia to all the cinegoers who want to add their latest knowledge in the field of old and new films pertaining to myth and romance respectively. The readers will get sufficient material pertaining to all the films from Ashok Kumar to Akshay Kumar, Madhubala to Anuskha Sharma, Anil Biswas to Pritam Chakraborty and Jaan Nissar Akhtar to Farhan Akhtar. All the eight chapters of this book are so beautifully intertwined that they can't be easily separated. The book systematically covers all the aspects of Indian Cinema starting from the beginning days to the recent times in an informative as well as interesting way.
One Hundred Indian Feature Films
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bliss of Childhood
A light-hearted and funny novel that takes you back on a delightful journey from childhood to adolescence, bringing back memories of those early years when innocent friendships were struck, teenage crushes blossomed, love letters were exchanged, gossip circulated, and lessons of life were learnt. Set in the turbulent 1970s, this coming-of-age novel tells the story of Tito, a precocious eleven-year-old, growing up in a sleepy railway town of Assam. Amidst fierce political unrest engulfing the Northeast and frequent transfers faced by his idealistic father for his futile resistance to government corruption, Tito dreams of becoming a poet one day. Both the political unrest and his father’s idealism transform Tito’s life, in more ways than he can imagine. The book also highlights the need to root out widespread social problems like corruption, parochialism and authoritarianism from India.
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Cowboys & Indians
What happens when Cowboys meet real Indians. A cross-culture clash of the most extreme kind when a Texan Construction company is hired by an Indian tycoon to build the first Western theme-park in Mumbai. Dallas Jones and his American team must co-ordinate multiple antagonistic nationalities in an unfamiliar land to achieve the demanding deadlines. Seema, the head-strong local coordinator struggles to work with chauvinistic Avinash on the team as mutual attraction and life-style expectations lead to clashes in the work place. And all the while someone is trying to kill Moti Lal; family, friends and enemies become increasingly difficult to identify as the project nears completion. Can Dallas Jones avoid the flirtatious Mrs Lalita Lal, will Seema be seduced by the smooth talking Pakistani architect and why does Avinash find the transvestite Jeevan so alluring? Destitute orphans, menacing gangsters, mysterious terrorists, bribe-seeking policemen and a potential Indo-Pak War lead to an explosive climax.
