From Aan to Lagaan and beyond : a guide to the study of Indian cinema / K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake.

This guide to studying Indian film covers the vast range of cinemas of India, including the rise of Bollywood, and presents key theoretical approaches. It examines the filmmaking process, showing how an Indian movie is made, explaining the technology entailed, and discussing all major issues.

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Main Author: Gokulsing, K. Moti
Contributors: Dissanayake, Wimal
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stoke-on-Trent : Trentham, 2012.
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505 0 |a 1. From vision to screen reality -- The film making process -- The role of technology -- How an Indian movie is made -- Cast and crew -- 2. Theoretical approaches to the study of Indian cinema and its audience -- An introduction to some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of Indian cinema -- Audience/spectator studies and audience segmentation -- 3. When Bollywood goes to war: Bollywood's contributions to nation building -- The contributions of Indian cinema to nation building -- An introduction to some of the most important nationalist and patriotic themes in Indian cinema -- 4. A Passage out of India -- Diasporic Indian filmmakers' contributions to Indian cinema. 
505 0 |a 5. Iconic directors, composers, lyricists, playback singers, choreographers and designers -- 6. From theory to Practice -- Case studies of filmic analysis using some of the theoretical approaches discussed in Chapter 2 -- How to study Indian cinema-some pedagogical considerations -- 7. Exporting filmic culture -- The corporatisation of the film industry/insurance/the role of advertising and marketing -- 8. The price of globalisation -- The government strikes back: taxation, censorship and film classification. 
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