Bollywood and Postmodernism
Subtitle: Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780748696345
Subjects: Motion pictures, india; Postmodernism
Description: Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in some commercial Hindi films, this study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. This text takes Indian film studies beyond the standard theme of diaspora, and displays a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema.