Studying Bollywood

by Marjorie Fay Underhill and Garrett Fay

Studying Bollywood introduces the stars, directors, and trends of India's national cinema. Popular Hindi film has been largely overlooked in the West, since its construction and traditions are so unfamiliar. Our film consumption is influenced by Hollywood styles and the methods of European and far eastern cinema, making Bollywood seem over the top. Including such theorists as James Monaco, Studying Bollywood plumbs the richness and underlying quality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906733074
• ISBN13: 9781906733070
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher