Devasundaram, Ashvin Immanuel,

Indian Indies : a guide to new independent Indian cinema / Immanuel Ashvin Devasundaram. - 1 online resource. - Routledge focus on film studies .

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. Spotlighting a specific timeline, from the Indies' consolidated emergence in 2010 across a decade of their development, the book takes note of recent transformations in the Indian political, economic, cultural and social matrix and the concurrent release of unflinchingly interrogative and radically evocative films that traverse LGBTQ+ issues, female empowerment, caste discrimination, populist politics and religious violence. A combination of essential Indie-specific information and concise case studies makes this a must-have quick guide to the future torchbearers of Indian cinema for scholars, students, early career researchers and a global audience interested in intersecting aspects of cinema, culture, politics and society in contemporary India.

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10.4324/9781003089001 doi


Motion pictures--India.
Independent films--India.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference

PN1993.5.I8 / D58 2022eb

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