Celluloid Classicism: Early Tamil Cinema and the Making of Modern Bharatanatyam

by Hari Krishnan

A detailed history of the confluence of two South Indian art forms

Received a special citation from The de la Torre Bueno(c) First Book Award Committee of the Dance Studies Association (2020). The book has been hailed as "an invaluable addition to the scholarship on Bharatanatyam."


Celluloid Classicism provides a rich and detailed history of two important modern South Indian cultural forms:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819578878
• ISBN13: 9780819578877
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up