Bollywood: a history

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Hollywood may define our ideas of the movies, but it is the city of Bombay that is now the centre of world cinema. In this book, Mihir Bose traces the rise of the Bollywood film industry, exploring the lives of the men and women who have played an integral part in Indian filmmaking.

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Full title :Bollywood : a history / Mihir Bose.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Tempus Pub
Place of Publication:Stroud, Gloucestershire [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0752428357, 9780752428352
oclc:ocm71239543
LC Classification:PN1993.5.I8
Dewey Decimal:791.430954

pt. 1: In step with the world. The creators ; The mighty banyan tree ; Growing under the banyan tree -- pt. 2: When Bollywood was like Hollywood : the studio era. Mavericks, eccentrics, bigamists ; The road to Bombay via Munich and London ; Making a nation through films ; The children of Rai ; Blondes and brunettes: Bollywood's white women -- pt. 3: Minting film gold in Bombay. Searching for the right masala ; The great Indian showman ; Bollywood's classic era ; Asif's Godot finally arrives -- pt. 4: A laugh, a song and a tear. The explosion of the Bombay film song ; Laughter and tears -- pt. 5: Anger and after. A shy man and his use of anger ; The great Indian curry western ; Change in a time of darkness ; The final frontier.

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Bollywood Cinéma -- Histoire. -- Inde Filmindustrin, Bombay, Indien History India India -- Mumbai Indien Motion picture industry Motion picture industry -- History. -- … Motion pictures Motion pictures -- History. -- India