• ISBN13: 9781474420945
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Music, Theatre & Films
• Publisher: Edinburgh UP
• Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 240
• Original Price: GBP 28.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 390 grams

‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry? Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism takes Indian film studies beyond the exhausted theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of study in world cinema.

Neelam Sidhar Wright is an Independent Academic Researcher. She has taught Film and Media Studies at the University of Sussex and has previously worked in various film production and media roles, and as a freelance filmmaker. Neelam Sidhar Wright has taught Film and Media Studies at the University of Sussex, where she also completed her Doctoral thesis on Postmodern Bollywood. She has previously worked in various film production and media roles and as a freelance filmmaker.