Indian Indies

A Guide to New Independent Indian Cinema
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-54374-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 334 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Film Studies

This book offers a concise and cutting-edge repository of essential information on new independent Indian films, which have orchestrated a recent renaissance in the Bollywood-dominated Indian cinema sphere.

Spotlighting a specific timeline, from the Indies’ consolidated emergence in 2010 across a decade of their development, the book takes note of recent transformations in the Indian political, economic, cultural and social matrix and the concurrent release of unflinchingly interrogative and radically evocative films that traverse LGBTQ+ issues, female empowerment, caste discrimination, populist politics and religious violence.

A combination of essential Indie-specific information and concise case studies makes this a must-have quick guide to the future torchbearers of Indian cinema for scholars, students, early career researchers and a global audience interested in intersecting aspects of cinema, culture, politics and society in contemporary India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Devasundaram, Ashvin Immanuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Shabana Azmi; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning: The Birth of the New Indies; 2. Breaking Bollywood’s Bastion: Radical, Refreshing and Revolutionary Stories; 3. Confronting Censorship: Indies and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC); 4. Theoretical and Philosophical Approaches to the Indies; 5. From Multiplex to Netflix: Indie Funding, Distribution and Exhibition; 6. Essential Indies: Concise Case Studies; Conclusion; Appendix – List of Indian Indies

Über Autor(innen)

Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram is Senior Lecturer in World Cinema at Queen Mary University of London. He is author of India's New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid (2016) and editor of Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent Cinema Revolution (2018). Ashvin is Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival – London and has directed the UK Heritage Lottery-funded documentary Movies, Memories, Magic (2018).