1st Edition
Contemporary Marathi Cinema Space, Marginality, and Aspiration
List of Figures ix Preface x Acknowledgements xii List of Abbreviations xiv Introducing Contemporary Marathi Cinema 1 1 Childhood, Memory, and Pastness 31 Shwaas and Nostalgia for a Future 34 Killa and Shala: Memory, Space, and Trauma 39 Duniyadari: Retro, Pastiche, and Nostalgia 46 Harishchandrachi Factory: Return to Modernity 49 Bal Gandharva: A Nostalgic Figure 53 Notes 58 References 60 2 Mainstreaming Marginality 63 New Filmmaking and Vernacular Realism 64 Jogwa and Gabhricha Paus: Embodying Marginality 68 Fandry and Khwada: Structures of Marginality 74 Sairat: Mainstreaming Marginality 84 New Cinema and the Subjective Terrain 87 Notes 90 References 91 3 Aspiration and the Vernacular 100 Deool and Pune 52: Becoming Global 102 Valu: Mediating Spatial Shifts 112 Highway – Ek Selfie Aar Paar: Dispositions for the Global 115 Gandha: Sense of Space 119 Elizabeth Ekadashi: Vernacular Aspiration 124 Notes 127 References 1284 Border-Crossings 131 Invisible Exchanges: Jhing Chik Jhing and Tingya 133 Ventilator: Reunion across Territories 140 Lai Bhaari and the Regional Blockbuster 144 Trans-Nation and Trans-Local Connections 149 Notes 151 References 152 5 Experimental Traces in a Televisual Ecology 156 Time, Space, and Affect: Court, Kaul, and Trijya 157 Spatial Overlays in The Disciple 169 Televisual Cinema 176 Notes 178 References 178 Afterword 181 Notes 185 Filmography 187 Index 190
Biography
Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle teaches in the Department of Film Studies at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
