Indian Indies

This book offers a concise and cutting-edge repository of essential information on new independent Indian films, which have orchestrated a recent renaissance in the Bollywood-dominated Indian cinema sphere.

Autorentext

Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram is Senior Lecturer in World Cinema at Queen Mary University of London. He is author of India's New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid (2016) and editor of Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent Cinema Revolution (2018). Ashvin is Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival - London and has directed the UK Heritage Lottery-funded documentary Movies, Memories, Magic (2018).

Inhalt

Foreword by Shabana Azmi; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning: The Birth of the New Indies; 2. Breaking Bollywood's Bastion: Radical, Refreshing and Revolutionary Stories; 3. Confronting Censorship: Indies and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC); 4. Theoretical and Philosophical Approaches to the Indies; 5. From Multiplex to Netflix: Indie Funding, Distribution and Exhibition; 6. Essential Indies: Concise Case Studies; Conclusion; Appendix - List of Indian Indies