Light of Asia
Subtitle: Indian Silent Cinema, 1912-1934
Publisher: Niyogi Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9789383098026
Subjects: Silent films; Motion pictures, india
Description: "[This book] celebrates... the centenary of Indian cinema and the release of Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra in 1913. It provides a close-up view of the nascent days of Indian filmmaking and the first steps that led to the crest where the Indian film industry rests today."--Book jacket.