Bombay cinema : an archive of the city / Ranjani Mazumdar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazumdar, Ranjani.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--India.

Motion pictures.

India.

Motion picture industry--India--Mumbai.

Motion picture industry.

India--Mumbai.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2007]

Summary:

Cinema is not only a major industry in India, it is a powerful cultural force. But until now, no one has undertaken a major examination of the ways in which films made in Bombay mediate the urban experience in India. In this analysis of the cinematic city, Ranjani Mazumdar reveals a complex postnationalist world, convulsed by the social crisis of the 1970s and transformed by the experience of globalization in the 1990s. Bombay Cinema leads the reader into the heart of the urban labyrinth in India, revising and deepening our understanding of both the city and the cinema.

Contents:

Introduction: Urban Allegories xvii

1 Rage on Screen 1

2 The Rebellious Tapori 41

3 Desiring Women 79

4 The Panoramic Interior 110

5 Gangland Bombay 149

Conclusion: After Life 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

ISBN:

9780816649419

0816649413

9780816649426

0816649421

OCLC:

73994085