A Companion to Indian Cinema Majumdar Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9781119048190

A Companion to Indian CinemaAuthor(s): Neepa Majumdar, Ranjani Mazumdar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781119048190, 978-1119048190\nSynopsis\nA new collection in the Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas series, featuring the cinemas of India\n\n In A Companion to Indian Cinema, film scholars Neepa Majumdar and Ranjani Mazumdar along with 25 established and emerging scholars, deliver new research on contemporary and historical questions on Indian cinema. The collection considers Indian cinema's widespread presence both within and outside the country, and pays particular attention to regional cinemas such as Bhojpuri, Bengali, Malayalam, Manipuri, and Marathi. The volume also reflects on the changing dimensions of technology, aesthetics, and the archival impulse of film. The editors have included scholarship that discusses a range of films and film experiences that include commercial cinema, art cine.