Bollywood.
Title:
Bollywood.
Author:
Banker, Ashok K.
ISBN:
9781842439272
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (98 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Hindi And Hip: The Cool New Face Of Bollywood -- Silent Screamers -- Singing In The Train -- The Sound Of Masthi -- The Poetry Of Pain -- Last Dance -- Angry Young Men & Lovers On Motorcycles -- Keep The Faith -- Anything Goes -- A Kiss Before Dying (With Laughter) -- Four Weddings And A Bandit Queen's Funeral -- Cricket In A Dhoti & Other Millennial Wonders -- Still Got Them Bollywood Blues -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This Pocket Essential explores the awe inspiring world of Bollywood up to 2001. Bombay's prolific Hindi-language film industry is more than just a giant entertainment juggernaut for 1 billion-plus Indians worldwide. It's a part of Indian culture, language, fashion and lifestyles. It's also a great bundle of contradictions and contrasts, like India itself. Thrillers, horror, murder mysteries, courtroom dramas, Hong Kong-style action gun fests, romantic comedies, soap operas, mythological costume dramas . . . they're all blended with surprising skill into the musical boy-meets-girl formula of Bollywood. The results are a bizarre, overblown mixture of high concept, ethnic color, traditional values, high-pitched emotional drama, sizzling sensuality and music, always music. What's in this book? As well as an introductory essay, a selection of 25 major seminal films are examined in entertaining, intimate detail. There's also a section on the current state of the industry, the star system, film music, and a list of additional books and films that will help you enjoy and make sense of the new Hindi movie showing at your nearest multiplex.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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