• ISBN13: 9780195652956
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Music, Theatre & Films
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: January 1, 2010
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: GBP 11.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 260 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Film / History & Criticism and Asia / South / General

"From reviews Prasad's indefatigable - and at times quite inventive - scrutiny of post-Independence Hindi cinema is formidable in its scholarship, focused (almost narrowly so) in setting out its theoretical framework, admirable in its research, acutely original in places, and surprisingly readable.' - Maithili Rao, The Book Review ... this book offers a challenging new perspective on the production of the Hindi film, break(ing) genuinely new ground. Brilliant, intriguing, learned, committed - and annoyingly abstruse in parts - one can be certain that the study of Indian popular cinema will not be the same again.' - Patricia Uberoi, The Pioneer ... something of a landmark in Indian film studies.' -Ravi Vasudevan, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies"