Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema [Paperback]

Lalitha Gopalan (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0851709222 | ISBN-13: 978-0851709222 | Publication Date: January 22, 2008

With its sudden explosions into song-and-dance sequences, heavy traces of censorship and half-time intermissions, Indian cinema can be identified as a "Cinema of Interruptions". A contribution to film genre studies which looks at the relationship Indian cinema shares with its audience.

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Lalitha Gopalan teaches Film Studies at Georgetown University where she is an Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of English.

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: British Film Institute (January 22, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0851709222
ISBN-13: 978-0851709222
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
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