Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema / editorial board, Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee.

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Corporate Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd., ©2003.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • HISTORICAL RECORD
  • Overview :
  • Hindi cinema throught the decades / Saibal Chatterjee ; Bollywood / Govind Nihalani
  • 1896-1930 : the silent years ; 1931-1946 : the emergence of talkies / Firoze Rangoonwalla
  • 1947-1961 : the golden age / Amita Malik
  • 1962-1975 : wars and emergency / Ratnottama Sengupta
  • 1976-1989 : rebels without a cause / Maithili Rao
  • 1990-2001 : designer cinema / Saibal Chatterjee
  • THE BUSINESS AND ITS FUTURE
  • Business : the business of Hindi films ; Business : the future of Hindi film business / Amit Khanna
  • NARRATIVE FORMS
  • Editing : from the editor's table / Indu Ramchandani
  • Sound : sound design / Shoma A. Chatterji
  • Special effects : creating the magic / K.S. Ramesh
  • Special effects on the matte / Suresh Naik
  • Special effects in the digital world / Ramesh Meer
  • Song and dance : song picturization and choreography / Lata Khubchandani
  • Stunts and action : spectacular skill and daring / Veeru Devgan
  • Action and stunts / Allan Amin
  • Flashback : looking back / Gulzar
  • Art direction : sets, reality, and grandeur / Sharmishta Roy
  • Costumes : the essence and fabric / Salim Arif
  • Cinematography : throught the viewfinder / Govind Nihalani
  • ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIUM
  • Genres : genres and narrative forms / Saibal Chatterjee
  • Music : in tune with the times ; Lyrics 1903-1960 : a song travels / Gulzar
  • Lyrics 1960-2001 : golden lyrics of the modern era / Amir Ullah Khan
  • Scripts : scripts of substance / Saibal Chatterjee
  • Scripts : the unimportance of scriptwriting / Anjum Rajabali
  • Scripts : writing screenplays for Indian cinema / Vijay Tendulkar
  • Scripts : the influence of literature / Arun Kaul
  • Comedy : laughter and comic relief / Saibal Chatterjee
  • Heroes and villains : good versus evil / Anil Zankar
  • Sociology : commercial cinema and sociology / Susmita Dasgupta
  • Women : source of strength or stereotype? / Indu Ramchandani
  • Heroine : sex symbol or woman of substance? / Bhawana Somaya
  • Stereotypes : stereotypes and clichés / Amir Ullah Khan, Saibal Chatterjee
  • Censorship : cuts, snips, and bans / Bhaskar Ghose
  • Remakes : the influence of other cinemas / Saibal Chatterjee
  • Adaptation from Western films / Akash Khurana.