{"product_id":"indias-new-independent-cinema-rise-of-the-hybrid-9781138184626","title":"India's New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ashvin Imma Devasundaram\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first-ever book on the rise of the new wave of independent Indian films that is revolutionising Indian cinema. Contemporary scholarship on Indian cinema so far has focused asymmetrically on Bollywood--India's dominant cultural export. Reversing this trend, this book provides an in-depth examination of the burgeoning independent Indian film sector. It locates the new 'Indies' as a \u003cem\u003eglocal\u003c\/em\u003e hybrid film form--global in aesthetic and local in content. They critically engage with a diverse socio-political spectrum of 'state of the nation' stories; from farmer suicides, disenfranchised urban youth and migrant workers to monks turned anti-corporation animal rights agitators. This book provides comprehensive analyses of definitive Indie new wave films including \u003cem\u003ePeepli Live \u003c\/em\u003e(2010), \u003cem\u003eDhobi Ghat\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eThe Lunchbox \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) and \u003cem\u003eShip of Theseus\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). It explores how subversive Indies, such as polemical postmodern rap-musical \u003cem\u003eGandu\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) transgress conventional notions of 'traditional Indian values', and collide with state censorship regulations. This timely and pioneering analysis shows how the new Indies have emerged from a middle space between India's globalising present and traditional past. This book draws on in-depth interviews with directors, actors, academics and members of the Indian censor board, and is essential reading for anyone seeking an insight into a current Indian film phenomenon that could chart the future of Indian cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237593407639,"sku":"9781138184626","price":14111.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138184626.webp?v=1769217007","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/indias-new-independent-cinema-rise-of-the-hybrid-9781138184626","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}