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India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalisation by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the centre of the world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, this Handbook looks at the complex reasons for this remarkable journey.

Explores India's rich popular culture and provides insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. This title offers an essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies and media studies.

Explores India's rich popular culture and provides insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. This title offers an essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies and media studies.

The book reviews nine decades of Indian popular cinema and examines its immense influence on people in India and its diaspora. Since it was published in 1998, Indian film has developed in new directions. As films today vie with Indian soap operas for popularity, film making in India has acquired 'industry status' and consequently has greater accountability to its public. All this is reflected in this new and extensively revised edition of "Ind...