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Bollywood Nation - India Through Its Cinema

Publisher : Penguin Books

Quality : Used - Like New  

Pages : 211

Format: Paperback

Category : Cinema & Television - General

Goodreads Rating : 4.3/5

Book Summary

Bollywood Nation charts the evolution of Indian cinema from its mythological films in the early 20th century to its world-class gangster and terrorist melodramas of today. In doing so, the book investigates why and how our films have become so deeply embedded in the nation’s popular imagination. Is it merely that cinema is the only common form of mass national culture in a country that does not have either a common language or a common religion—or is it entwined with greater social, cultural and spiritual aspirations?
By narrating the story of India through the stories that our films tell us, Vamsee Juluri posits cinema as the voice of the nation and examines how it has shaped our understanding of our place in the world.