Bollywood
A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema
Jahr: 2004
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 265 S.
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- Inhalt:
- 'Bollywood' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterized by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and enthusiastic audiences from India to West Africa to Russia, and throughout the English-speaking world. In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including composers, directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Bollywood
Verlag: Routledge
Schlagwort: Bollywood
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Kunst, Kultur & Medien, Film
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage