A Companion to Indian Cinema

<p><b>A new collection in the Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas series, featuring the cinemas of India</b></p> <p>In&nbsp;<i>A Companion to Indian Cinema</i>,&nbsp;film scholars&nbsp;Neepa Majumdar and&nbsp;Ranjani&nbsp;Mazumdar&nbsp;along with&nbsp;25&nbsp;established and emerging scholars,&nbsp;deliver&nbsp;new research&nbsp;on&nbsp;contemporary and historical questions on Indian cinema. The collection considers&nbsp;Indian cinema&rsquo;s widespread presence both within and outside the country,&nbsp;and pays particular attention to regional&nbsp;cinemas such as Bhojpuri, Bengali, Malayalam, Manipuri, and Marathi.&nbsp;The volume also reflects&nbsp;on&nbsp;the changing dimensions of technology, aesthetics, and the archival impulse of film.&nbsp;The editors have included&nbsp;scholarship&nbsp;that discusses&nbsp;a range of films and film experiences&nbsp;that include&nbsp;commercial cinema,&nbsp;art cinema,&nbsp;and non-fiction&nbsp;film.&nbsp;</p> <p>Even as scholarship on earlier decades of Indian cinema is challenged by the absence of documentation and films, the innovative archival and field work in this <i>Companion</i> extends from cinema in early twentieth century India to a historicized engagement with new technologies and contemporary cinematic practices. There is a&nbsp;focus on production cultures&nbsp;and circulation, material cultures, media aesthetics, censorship, stardom, non-fiction practices, new technologies, and the transnational networks relevant to Indian cinema.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>Suitable&nbsp;for&nbsp;undergraduate and graduate&nbsp;students of&nbsp;film and media studies, South Asian studies, and&nbsp;history,&nbsp;<i>A Companion to Indian&nbsp;Cinema&nbsp;</i>is also&nbsp;an important new resource&nbsp;for scholars with an interest in&nbsp;the context and theoretical framework for the study of India&rsquo;s&nbsp;moving image cultures.</p>