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| Author | : Neelam Sidhar Wright |
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| Release | : 2010 |
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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.
| Author | : Neelam Sidhar Wright |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2015-06-24 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1474403565 |
'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.
| Author | : Vikrant Kishore |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2016-03-31 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317232860 |
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.
| Author | : S.Seshadri |
| Publisher | : Notion Press |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2021-01-06 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1636336450 |
The short stories in Darker Moments are like a roller-coaster ride. The readers will experience the same levels of thrills and excitement as in a novel but with less reading time and space. Stories with intrigue, crime, and evil spirits populate this world of spine-tingling tales. A German biotechnologist working in Goa is forced to get entangled with the Russian Mafia for bio-warfare. A beautiful widow with bloodied hands plans to murder her third rich husband? Does crime pay? What happens to a successful model when an “accidental” wardrobe-malfunction occurs? Laughter may be injurious to health sometimes. When a star hero is found hanging, the system pronounces death by suicide. But a parallel justice system exists in the shadows which settle scores. The Naxal movement is described as ‘terrorist attacks’ by the authorities How do Naxals cope with the ever-growing government action against them? Every life matters. Is there another YOU in the universe? How will you react if an evil ‘You’ comes to your city and murders your enemies on your behalf? There are many instances of a passenger slitting the throat of the taxi driver. ‘Terror in Taxi’ poignantly narrates one such unfortunate incident. Prophecies never lie. In fiction, this is equivalent to destiny. This is what the four businessmen find out when they go to meet a priest in Kerala. Brutal killings in the picturesque Goa leaves the police perplexed. Inspector Bhonsle discovers a demon is involved in the crimes. Will he able to tame the ‘Devil’s Paw’?
| Author | : Meheli Sen |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2013-10-21 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1137349786 |
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.
| Author | : Rodanthi Tzanelli |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2015-08-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317438191 |
Only virtuous humans are supposed to move in time to meet their happy destiny or karma. The tale of Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire is such a case of serendipitous mobility towards riches and love – a ‘journey’ in which good heroes and urban communities respecting solidarity are successfully modernised. Unsurprisingly, the film became tangled in many controversies around India’s destiny in the world: the film inserted Mumbai into various financial, political and artistic scenes, increased tourism in its filmed slums, and brought about charity projects in which celebrities and tourist businesses were involved. Slumdog Millionaire served as a global example of a ‘developing country’s’ uneven but unique modernisation. This book examines such mobilities of ideas, art, tourism and activism together. In doing so, it reveals the significance of Mumbai as a post-colonial city in discussions of modernity – a form of mobile adaptation to new world realities. Tzanelli examines the various agents involved in controversies through multiple virtual and real journeys to India’s colonial history and present social complexity, with a view to actualise a post-colonial future, a ‘destiny’ as the country’s serendipitous destination. Addressed to interdisciplinary audiences, the book will be a useful text for students and scholars of globalisation, mobility, tourism, media and social movement theory.
| Author | : Tarun Khanna |
| Publisher | : Harvard Business Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2008-02-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 142216327X |
China and India are home to one-third of the world's population. And they're undergoing social and economic revolutions that are capturing the best minds--and money--of Western business. In Billions of Entrepreneurs, Tarun Khanna examines the entrepreneurial forces driving China's and India's trajectories of development. He shows where these trajectories overlap and complement one another--and where they diverge and compete. He also reveals how Western companies can participate in this development. Through intriguing comparisons, the author probes important differences between China and India in areas such as information and transparency, the roles of capital markets and talent, public and private property rights, social constraints on market forces, attitudes toward expatriates abroad and foreigners at home, entrepreneurial and corporate opportunities, and the importance of urban and rural communities. He explains how these differences will influence China's and India's future development, what the two countries can learn from each other, and how they will ultimately reshape business, politics, and society in the world around them. Engaging and incisive, this book is a critical resource for anyone working in China or India or planning to do business in these two countries.
| Author | : Ivo Ritzer |
| Publisher | : Schüren Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2016-01-28 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3741000418 |
Der Band widmet sich den vielfältigen Globalisierungsprozessen in filmischen Genrekonfigurationen. Dieser bislang erst in Ansätzen erforschte Themenkomplex wird anhand paradigmatischer Beispiele sowohl theoretisch perspektiviert als auch filmhistorisch kontextualisiert. Neben Analysen US-amerikanischer und europäischer Produktionen liegt der Fokus vor allem auch auf Filmen aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika, wobei Kategorien wie nationale Kinematografien oder abgrenzbare Genremuster in den Fallbeispielen nur noch bedingt greifen. Den transnationalen Dimensionen der Filme entsprechend, versammelt der Band auch Beiträge von internationalen Vertretern der Film- und Medienwissenschaft, darunter Tim Bergfelder, Oksana Bulgakowa, Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Barry Keith Grant, Lúcia Nagib, Ella Shohat oder Robert Stam. The volume deals with the diverse processes of globalisation in cinematic configurations of genre. Focussing on significant examples, this up to now only rudimentarily researched area is both historically analysed as well as theoretically explored. Apart from U.S. and European productions, the volume mainly addresses films from Africa, Asia and Latin America, which render conceptions of national cinema or clearly definable genre patterns especially problematic. In accordance with the transnational dimension of the films, the volume assembles contributions of internationally renowned scholars such as Tim Bergfelder, Oksana Bulgakowa, Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Barry Keith Grant, Lúcia Nagib, Ella Shohat, or Robert Stam.
| Author | : Rachel Dwyer |
| Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2014-06-15 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1780233043 |
Bollywood movies have long been known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But these exciting and often amusing films rarely reflect the reality of life on the Indian subcontinent. Exploring the nature of mainstream Hindi cinema, the strikingly illustrated Bollywood’s Indiaexamines its nonrealistic depictions of everyday life in India and what it reveals about Indian society. Showing how escapism and entertainment function in Bollywood cinema, Rachel Dwyer argues that Hindi cinema’s interpretations of India over the last two decades are a reliable guide to understanding the nation’s changing hopes and dreams. She looks at the ways Bollywood has imagined and portrayed the unity and diversity of the country—what it believes and feels, as well as life at home and in public. Using Dwyer’s two decades spent working with filmmakers and discussing movies with critics and moviegoers,Bollywood’s India is an illuminating look at Hindi cinema.
| Author | : Anustup Basu |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2012-03-14 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0748686762 |
This is a study of popular Indian cinema in the age of globalisation, new media, and metropolitan Hindu fundamentalism, focusing on the period between 1991 and 2004.
