Indian
Cinema in Retrospect
Edited by R.M. RAY
Indian Cinema in Retrospect contains
contributions from some of the most notable figures in Indian film industry
of the early post-Independence period: B.N. Sircar, S.S. Vasan, V. Shantaram,
Debaki Bose, Bimal Roy, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Devika Rani, Prithviraj Kapoor,
Pankaj Mullick, Anil Biswas, Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Durga Khote,
David Abraham –
to name only a few personages. Here they speak about every major aspect
of cinema's art, science, and industry, ranging from acting, direction,
and production to financing and distributing films. In between are topics
no less important such as script-writing, music and dance in films, cinematography,
sound recording, and processing of films in the laboratory.
Based on a seminar organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi, this book is an
invaluable document on Indian cinema which has been unavailable to readers
for a long time. Besides students of film, it will engage the attention
of those with a lively interest in drama, dance, and music. Historians
of modern India will find here a wealth of detail related to major themes.
190 x 250 mm / iv+284+Liv pages / 89 halftones
Published 2009 / Rs 895