Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change

K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake

Trentham Books, 2004 - Performing Arts - 161 pages

The book reviews nine decades of Indian popular cinema and examines its immense influence on people in India and its diaspora. Since it was published in 1998, Indian film has developed in new directions. As films today vie with Indian soap operas for popularity, film making in India has acquired 'industry status' and consequently has greater accountability to its public.

All this is reflected in this new and extensively revised edition of "Indian Popular Cinema". It tracks the rise of "designer cinema," reviews the increasingly significant Tamil cinema, and considers films made by Indians in the diaspora.

Contents

• VI: 9
• VII: 25
• VIII: 37
• IX: 39
• X: 55
• XI: 77
• XII: 95
• XIII: 109
• XIV: 129
• XV: 141
• XVI: 147
• XVII: 148
• XVIII: 149

About the author

K. Moti Gokulsing is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East London. He co-edits the journal South Asian Popular Culture and is the author of the acclaimed Indian Popular Cinema, also published by Trentham.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change
• Authors: K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Trentham Books, 2004
• ISBN: 1858563291, 9781858563299
• Length: 161 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism