New Indian Cinema in Post-Independence India
Taylor & Francis
New Indian Cinema in Post-Independence IndiaThe Cultural Work of Shyam Benegals Films\nAuthor(s): Anuradha Needham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138575455, 978-1138575455\nSynopsis\nShyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter whose work is considered central to New Indian cinema. By closely analysing several of Benegals films, this book provides an understanding of Indias post-independence history.\n\nThe book examines the filmmakers focus on women by highlighting his subtle and critical engagement with a truism of Indian nationalism: womens centrality to the (nation-) states negotiation with modernity. It looks at the importance Benegal accords to history its little known, contested, or iconic events and figures in crafting national culture and identities, and goes on to discuss the filmmakers nuanced representation of the developmental agendas of the nation-state. The book presents an account of .
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