Bollywood Eclipsed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bollywood Eclipsed write by Neelam Sidhar Wright. This book was released on 2010. Bollywood Eclipsed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This thesis uses postmodern theory to explore aesthetic shifts in post-millennial Bollywood cinema, with a particular focus on films produced by the Bombay film industry over the past nine years (2000-2009) and the recent boom of Hindi cross-cultural and self-remakes. My research investigates reasons behind the lack of appeal of Bollywood films in the West (particularly in their contemporary form), revealing how our understanding and appreciation of them is restricted or misinformed by a long history of censure from critics, scholars, educators and ambassadors of the Indian cinema. Through my analysis of the function and effects of cultural appropriation and postmodern traits in several recent popular Indian films, I expose Bollywood's unique film language in order to raise our appreciation of this cinema and suggest ways in which it can be better incorporated into future film studies courses. My analysis is based on a study of over a hundred contemporary Bollywood remakes and includes close textual analysis and case studies of a wide variety of popular Bollywood films, including: Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Abhay (2001), Kaante (2002), Devdas (2002), Koi ... Mil Gaya (2003), Sarkar (2005), Krrish (2006) and Om Shanti Om (2007). In my conclusion, I offer a redefinition of contemporary Bollywood and I consider postmodernism's usefulness as a tool for teaching Indian cinema and its value as an international cultural phenomenon.
Bollywood and Postmodernism
Bollywood and Postmodernism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bollywood and Postmodernism write by Neelam Sidhar Wright. This book was released on 2015-06-24. Bollywood and Postmodernism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'New Bollywood' has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry?Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism takes Indian film studies beyond the exhausted theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of study in world cinema.
Salaam Bollywood
Salaam Bollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Salaam Bollywood write by Vikrant Kishore. This book was released on 2016-03-31. Salaam Bollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces the journey of popular Hindi cinema from 1913 to contemporary times when Bollywood has evolved as a part of India’s cultural diplomacy. Avoiding a linear, developmental narrative, the book re-examines the developments through the ruptures in the course of cinematic history. The essays in the volume critically consider transformations of the Hindi film industry from its early days to its present self-referential mode, issues of gender, dance and choreography, Bombay cinema’s negotiations with the changing cityscape and urbanisms, and concentrate on its multifarious regional, national and transnational implications in the 21st century. One of the most comprehensive volumes on Bollywood, this work presents an analytical overview of the multiple histories of popular cinema in India and will be useful to scholars and researchers interested in film and media studies, South Asian popular culture and modern India, as well as to cinephiles and general readers alike.
Bollywood
Bollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bollywood write by Ramesh Dawar. This book was released on 2006. Bollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Brief description about 70 well known Bollywood stars with coloured pictures if their hit films
Figurations in Indian Film
Figurations in Indian Film - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Figurations in Indian Film write by Meheli Sen. This book was released on 2013-10-21. Figurations in Indian Film available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural.
