1st Edition

Tamil Cinema The Cultural Politics of India's other Film Industry

Edited By Selvaraj Velayutham Copyright 2008
218 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It outlines its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important... Read more

       

Biography

Selvaraj Velayutham works in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include migration, transnationalism, and Tamil cinema and cultural studies. He has published works on South Indian diaspora, home and belonging, and living with diversity.