From Aan to Lagaan and Beyond : A Guide to the Study of Indian Cinema

by Gokulsing, K. Moti; Dissanayake, Wimal

• ISBN13: 9781858565040
• ISBN10: 1858565049
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-31
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

This authoritative and accessible guide is written specifically to help students understand the complexities and intricacies of Indian cinema. It covers the vast range of the cinemas of India, plus the meteoric rise of Bollywood, and discusses the key theoretical approaches to the analysis of films, the cinema audience and audience segmentation. The book describes how an Indian movie is made and explains the technology entailed. All the major issues are discussed: the relationship between cast and crew, the contributions of designers and choreographers, the impact of the corporatization of the film industry, censorship, taxation, insurance and advertising. The fascinating case studies of filmic analysis illuminate the theoretical approaches and concepts that students require for analyzing Indian film. And teachers will find that the comprehensive coverage, extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading, the discussion of pedagogical issues about the teaching of Indian cinema and the sample questions make it an indispensible resource for teaching Indian cinema.

Author Biography

K. Moti Gokulsing, University of East London, UK and Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawaii, USA, are the authors of the acclaimed Indian Popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change, also published by Trentham.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
From vision to screen reality	p. 17
The filmmaking process
The role of technology
How an Indian movie is made
Cast and crew
Theoretical approaches to the study of Indian cinema and its audience	p. 39
An introduction to some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of Indian cinema
Audience/spectator studies and audience segmentation
When Bollywood goes to war - Bollywood's contributions to nation building	p. 65
The contributions of Indian cinema to nation building
An introduction to some of the most important nationalist and patriotic themes in Indian cinema
A Passage out of India	p. 85
Diasporic Indian filmmakers' contributions to Indian cinema
Iconic directors, composers, lyricists, playback singers, choreographers and designers	p. 95
From theory to practice	p. 115
Case studies of filmic analysis using some of the theoretical approaches discussed in Chapter	p. 2
How to study Indian cinema - some pedagogical considerations
Exporting filmic culture	p. 143
The corporatisation of the film industry/Insurance/the role of advertising and marketing
The price of globalisation	p. 157
The government strikes back: taxation, censorship and film classification
Conclusion	p. 169
Appendix A	p. 177
Appendix B	p. 178
Appendix C	p. 179
References	p. 185
Index	p. 193
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