Amitabh Bachchan
Subtitle: Reflections on a Star Image
By: Susmita Dasgupta
Publisher: Bloomsbury India
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789386826169
Subjects: Films, cinema; Motion picture actors and actresses; Biography
Table of contents: title: Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Contents; Formula of the Star; The Star as the ÂƯIndividual: Action; The Star as an Individual Emotion; Classification of Stars; Classification of Heroines; Writers as Shadow ÂƯDirectors; Prakash Mehra versus Manmohan Desai; Yash Chopra, Mukul Anand and Game Changers; Hrishikesh Mukherjee; The Music Directors; Splits in the Image of Amitabh Bachchan; Tragedy; Anger and Violence; Action Image; Death and Dying; Divinity and Punishment; Silence and Fury; Age; The Political Image; Masculinity versus Femininity.; title: A life without a FatherComedy; The Romantic Image â#x80;#x93; Union of Opposites; The Lethal Image of the Hero; The Formula of a Star; Raj Kapoor versus Amitabh Bachchan; Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachchan; Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan; Guru Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan; Shammi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan; Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan; Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan; Generic Superstars- Rajesh and Amitabh Again; Male Co-Stars; With Women; Remakes; Don and Don; Agneepath and Agneepath; Being Julius Caesar, Deewar and Agneepath; Awara and Deewar; Deewar, Mother India and Ganga Jumna.; title: Equality and AnxietyPolitics and the Popular Culture; The State; The Nation; The Family; Mother; Masculinity; The City; The Den and the Temple; Post-Amitabh Era; Amitabh as a Media Construct; Javed Akhtarâ#x80;#x99;s Fears; A Divided House; Amitabhâ#x80;#x99;s Entitlements; Jaya Bhaduri; Jayaâ#x80;#x99;s Videos; Homemaker; My Journey With Amitabh Bachchan, As Amitabh Bachchan.