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Illusionary World Of A Backbencher
Avinash baahar ki duniya ke liye bhale hi bas ek ‘Average Student’ho par uske man ke andar imagination aur creativity ka aisa samandar samaaya hai jiska logo ko andaaza hi nahi. 20 saal ka Avinash jiska Kota me rehte hue IIT MAINS ka exam hi clear nahi ho raha,wo ek shaam coaching institute se thak haar ke aakar apne bistar pe so jaata hai. Us raat wo apne 10 ghante ki neend ke khwaab me kuchh aisa imagine karta hai jiske wajah se hamesha hamesha ke liye uski zindagi ko ek nayi disha aur maksad mil jaati hai. To aisa kya dekha usne apne khwaab me? Wahi to ye kitaab ki kahaani hai. Avinash ke khwaab me hi zindagi ke har raaz aur hum sab ke jawaab chhupe hai. Waise ab aap padh hi rahe ho t...
Scheherazade's Children
Scheherazade’s Children gathers together leading scholars to explore the reverberations of the tales of the Arabian Nights across a startlingly wide and transnational range of cultural endeavors. The contributors, drawn from a wide array of disciplines, extend their inquiries into the book’s metamorphoses on stage and screen as well as in literature—from India to Japan, from Sanskrit mythology to British pantomime, from Baroque opera to puppet shows. Their highly original research illuminates little-known manifestations of the Nights, and provides unexpected contexts for understanding the book’s complex history. Polemical issues are thereby given unprecedented and enlightening interp...
YOUR STORY
“Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone is a writer, some are written in the books and some are confined to hearts.” By Savi Sharma
Helen
Presents a study of the phenomenon that was Helen. Why did the refugee of French-Burmese parentage succeed so enormously in Bollywood?
Screen World
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The Desai Trio and the Movie Industry of India
This book explores the careers of three creative men whose artistic and technical work was essential to the success of leading films of the day in India. It tells the moving stories of three family members: Vasant Desai (1912 - 1975); Sadanand Desai (1916 - 1985); and Mangesh Desai (1923 - 1985). In addition to documenting the historic contributions of the Desai Trio to the Indian film industry, Nilu Gavankar provides details about their professional lives that highlight their multifaceted talents. The personal approach of this book makes two especially significant contributions to the historical understand of the history of North Indian film. First, it describes the contributions of three immensely important participants in the film industry. Second, it presents background information that sheds light on the conditions that facilitated the extraordinary upsurge of creative productivity among Indian filmmakers in the mid twentieth century. By Prof. Michael H. Hoffheimer University of Mississippi School of Law Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Hindi Cinema Year Book
Vol. for 2001 covers the Indian film industry from 1896-2001.
Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema
Cinema in India is an entertainment medium that is interwoven into society and culture at large. It is clearly evident that continuous struggle and conflict at the personal as well as societal levels is depicted in cinema in India. It has become a reflection of society both in negative and positive ways. Hence, cinema has become an influential factor and one of the largest mass communication mediums in the nation. Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema is an essential reference source that discusses cultural and societal issues including caste, gender, oppression, and social movements through cinema and particularly in specific language cinema and culture. Featuring research on topics such as Bollywood, film studies, and gender equality, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, film studies students, and industry professionals seeking coverage on various aspects of regional cinema in India.
Grounds for Play
The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play, Kathryn Hansen draws on field research to describe the different elements of nautanki performance: music, dance, poetry, popular story lines, and written texts. She traces the social history of the form and explores the play of meanings within nautanki narratives, focusing on the ways important social issues such as political authority, community identity, and gender differences are represented in these narratives. Unlike ot...
