Preeti Oza Manjula Srinivas Gurudutta (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Films, TV shows, and YouTube videos are some of the most pervasive and popular forms of entertainment these days. Film studies can be said to be the academic discipline that involves the study of a variety of theoretical, critical as well as historical approaches to films. Treated as an art comparable to literature, painting, or sculpture, a film called for the study in terms of appreciation, differentiation, and interpretation. Indian Cinema was started in 1913 by Dada Saheb Phalke with his first silent movie Raja Harishchandra has recently celebrated its 100 years. It is fantastic to see the marvelous growth of 100 years of Indian cinema. The number game of century-old Indian cinema is remarkable as it produced more than 50,000 films. It is the most prolific cine industry in the global arena. It has produced world-renowned creative directors and veteran cine stars. Indian audience has enjoyed the fantasy entertainment as it has been a good feast to their eyes and ears in the form of colorful dance and memorable songs. Indian movies are masala blockbusters which have a mixture of melodrama, romance, comedy, fights, songs, etc. This book is an attempt to put these elements of fun, fantasy, and art of film and cinema in front of the readers. This edited volume will help the students, teachers, research scholars, and other connoisseurs of the film equally.