Kumar Shahani: The Shock of Desire and Other Essays

by Ashish Rajadhyaksha

The fifty-one essays compiled in this book were written over a forty-year period by India's leading independent filmmaker. They provide new insights into a turbulent era in modern India's cultural history.

Although known primarily as a filmmaker, Kumar Shahani has taught, spoken and written on a variety of subjects over this period, that include the cinema, but also politics, aesthetics, history and psychoanalysis. In these essays Shahani...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9382381619
• ISBN13: 9789382381617
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Tulika Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.2"