Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema

by Rachel Dwyer

Book Overview

Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India's other cinemas.

Rachel Dwyer's lively discussion encompasses the mythological genre which continues India's long tradition of retelling Hindu...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415314259
• ISBN13: 9780415314251
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"