The State and New Cinema in Contemporary India

This book examines the relationship between the newly independent Indian state and its New Cinema movement. It looks at state formative practices articulating themselves as cultural policy.

Autorentext

Sudha Tiwari teaches at the School of Liberal Studies, UPES, Dehradun, India. She has a PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2021), MPhil, MA, and BA in History from University of Mumbai. She was a recipient of the Fox International Fellowship program at Yale University (2016-17) and has received a Junior Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Historical Research. Her articles have appeared in Economic and Political Weekly of India, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, and South Asian Popular Culture. Her research interests include Partition of India, histories of culture, films, institutions, and policy studies in modern and contemporary India.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Cinema, State, and Scholarship: A Discussion 2. Situating the Desire for a New Cinema (1950s) 3. Formation of Film Finance Corporation: New Cinema gets Institutionalized (1960-74) 4. Whither New Cinema? : Emergency, Disciplining, and Survival through Merger (1975-80) 5. National Film Development Corporation and the Burden of Development on New Cinema (1980s) 6. Economic Reforms, NFDC, and New Cinema: Battle for Existence (1991-97). Conclusion