Indian popular cinema : industry, ideology, and consciousness / Manjunath Pendakur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pendakur, Manjunath, 1945-

Series:

Hampton Press communication series. Popular culture

The Hampton Press communication series. Popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--India.

Motion pictures.

India.

Motion picture industry--India.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2003]

Contents:

1 Indian Popular Cinema: Mapping the Contours 1

2 In the Throes of Change: Exhibition, Production, and Distribution 15

Exhibition 16

Production 24

Distribution 35

Global Markets 40

Ancillary Markets 44

Between Film and Television: Shifting Axis 46

Underworld Dons and Racketeers 51

3 Shifting Currents: State and Cinema 59

National Film Development Corporation 60

Importation of Films 65

Relaxation of Imports 67

Politics of Censorship 73

State Governments and the Film Industry 88

4 Masala Film: Aesthetics and Politics 95

Popular Cinema as a Sociocultural Force 97

Popular Cinema and Politics 98

Sources and Influences 101

Storytelling 103

Hybridity 108

An Indian Aesthetic? 111

Middle Cinema 115

5 Film Music: Pleasure and Popularity 119

Film Music Industry 123

Aesthetic of the Song 126

Major Types of Songs 131

Hybrid Music and National Consciousness 138

Background Score 139

6 Sexuality: Repression and Voyeuristic Excess 145

Sexuality and Ideology 145

Female Sensuality 147

Romance and Sex 149

Dominant Patterns of Male-Female Relationships 152

Sex as Box Office "Ingredient" 156

Rain Sequences 159

Institutional Response 162

7 Snake Movies: Myth and Sexuality 173

Genre Characteristics of Snake Movies 174

Myth and Sexuality 175

Nagina: A Close Analysis 179

Nagamandala: A Close Analysis 185

Table 2.1 Growth of Cinemas in India

Table 2.2 Cinemas in India by State and Type (1983 and 1997)

Table 2.3 Total Number of Theaters and After Tax Box Office Revenue (1980-87)

Table 2.4 Indian and Foreign Films Censored in Selected Years

Table 2.5 Feature Films Produced by Language and Year, 1984-88

Table 2.6 Pictures Produced and Released in South India, 1931-1984

Table 2.7 Comparative Costs of Hindi Film, 1975, 1985

Table 2.8 Total Export Revenues 1979 through February 1989

Table 2.9 Number of Films Sold and Revenue from Key Export Markets for Indian Films (1988)

Table 3.1 Statewise Breakdown of Theaters Completed Under NFDC's Theater Financing Scheme and Total Loans Disbursed (1988 and 1995)

Rajkumar playing double role in Shankaraguru

Bhanumati and N.S. Krishnan in Nallathambi

Akkineni and Anjali in Mayalamari

Shivaji and Girija in Manorama

Bangalore Theatre showing a Kannada film

Shringar Theatre, Hubli surrounded by shops

Kottureshwara theater under construction

Superstar Rajanikant and Mammootty in Dalapathi

Postcard showing Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in a scene from Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?

Poster from Mission Kashmir

Chamakte Sitare international concert poster

Last scene from Paar, an NFDC financed film

Victor Banerjee and Swatilekha Chatterji in Ghare Bhaire

Bill Board of an imported film in Madras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and indexes.

ISBN:

1572735007

1572735015

OCLC:

51271072