. Introduction 2. The Production and Distribution of Popular Hindi Cinema 3. Narrative Style, Important Themes and Key Conflicts 4. Genre and Hindi Cinema 5. Contemporary Hindi Flmmakers’ Reflections and Perspectives Hindi Cinema. Genre and Narrative Structure. Film Music. Visual Style. "Indianization". Bombay Film Industry. The Indian Media Landscape in the 1990s. The Impact of Multiplexes. The Impact of Corporatization. Working with Hollywood. Cosmopolitanism and Diversity. Women in the Film Industry. Hindi Cinema and Society. Significance of Hindi Cinema and Entertainment in India. Censorship. Film Audiences and Fans. Resources. Significant Films. Significant Filmmakers of the Hindi Film Industry
Biography
Tejaswini Ganti is an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Program in Culture and Media at New York University.
"Ganti’s book is by far one of the best introductions to Bollywood, a subject that reveals itself to possess many fine layers." -- Devapriya Sanyal, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
