Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change
An admirable introduction to the complexities of Indian media."[Provides] a rich and well-researched view into the complexity and importance of Indian media studies for students and scholars....[highly] readable and leaves no doubt that the recent expansion of scholarly interest in Indian film and television is here to stay....[Excellent] commentary and analysis of the complexity of Indian film and television, exploring key dialectics that inform much of the philosophy behind the programming--particularly the traditional-modern and local global tensions."A unique publication, the first of its kind in literature, co-authored by a social scientist and a film historian, providing a powerful critical analysis of the culture and history of the Indian film as an art form and popular medium.