Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema Contributor(s): Ganti, Tejaswini (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415583845 ISBN-13: 9780415583848 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 791.430 |
LCCN: 2012032391 |
Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 'Bollywood' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and enthusiastic audiences from India to West Africa to Russia, and throughout the English-speaking world. In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, the areas covered in Bollywood include:
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