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Her majestic voice : South Indian female playback singers and stardom, 1945-1955
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiranmayi, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture music--History and criticism--Andhra Pradesh--India.
- Motion picture music.
- Motion picture music--History and criticism--India, South.
- Women singers--Andhra Pradesh--India.
- Women singers.
- Women singers--India, South.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work brings to light the previously uncharted history of female playback singers in the South-Indian (Telugu) film industry between 1945 and 1955. Playback singers such as R. Balasaraswati Devi, K. Jamuna Rani, Jikki Krishnaveni, P. Leela, and the singing actress P. Bhanumati's contribution to playback singing have been studied in order to arrive at a more cohesive history of Indian cinema.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 5, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-908655-9
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