Behind the Scenes
Contemporary Bollywood Directors and Their Cinema
- Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan - Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
- Vimal Mohan John - Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Berchman’s College, Kerala
For those who think, read, teach, and write about Bollywood, this book is the release of the year!
They are the ‘stars’ who sit behind the camera and create magic between ‘Action’ and ‘Cut’. Meet the directors of New Age cinema who with their themes, characteristic styles, and masterful storytelling are bridging the gap between commerce and content, commercial and art-house cinema.
This book introduces you to the films they have made and provides a critical analysis of their craft, while remaining grounded in cinematic and popular culture theories. It shows the distinct ways in which they have handled issues of gender, urban culture, and social inequality.
A well-curated collection of insightful essays celebrating important new voices in contemporary Hindi cinema… [The editors] have embarked on a praiseworthy academic exercise, which chronicles the rise of several exciting new film-makers who have transformed Bollywood in many ways by bravely taking the road not taken.