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Shadow craft : visual aesthetics of black and white Hindi cinema / Gayathri Prabhu, Nikhil Govind.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.I8 P735 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prabhu, Gayathri, author.
- Govind, Nikhil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures, Hindi--India--History.
- Motion pictures, Hindi.
- Black and white films--History.
- Black and white films.
- History.
- India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 233 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Export edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Bloomsbury, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The years between Indian independence (1947) and the dominance of colour cinema (early 1960s) saw the emergence and fruition of a distinct, confident, and nuanced black and white aesthetic in Hindi mainstream cinema. Shadow Craft is an ardent and immersive study of cinematic craftings that emblematise the oeuvres of Kamal Amrohi, Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and Abrar Alvi. Films such as Aag (1948), Mahal (1949), Seema (1955), Pyaasa (1957), Sujata (1959), Kagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Bandini (1963) remain formative to the visual psyche of generations of South Asian viewers. This enduring visual language demonstrates a minutely attuned and sympathetic camera, evocative pools of shadow, affect-rich atmospheric composition, and the visual autonomy of performance. With seventy five rare and curated images from the archives, Shadow Craft offers for the first time a consolidated and intimate journey through this pioneering black and white cinema aesthetic at its most expressive and climactic moment"-- Provided by publisher.
- This book is an ardent and immersive study of cinematic craftings that emblematise the oeuvres of Kamal Amrohi, Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Bimal Roy...... remain formative to the visual psyche of generations of South Asian viewers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Prabhu, Gayathri. Shadow Craft.
- ISBN:
- 9789390176250
- 9390176255
- 9789390176243
- 9390176247
- 9789390176267
- 9390176263
- OCLC:
- 1173992879
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