{"product_id":"cinema-and-the-indian-national-lzcia-nagib-9781350371132","title":"Cinema and the Indian National Emergency: Histories and Afterlives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Indian National Emergency of 1975 to 1977, saw the suspension of civil liberties, increasing censorship, and extra-judicial state control. It is recognised as one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of postcolonial India, and its socio-political consequences have been exhaustively studied. Despite this, the profound cinematic implications of this event have remained relatively unexplored.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book examines the strained relationship between the state and the Indian film industry during this 21 month period of political upheaval. Each of the essays, written from a broad range of critical perspectives, consider the various modes of state suppression adopted, from increasing levels of film censorship to police surveillance of film productions and exhibitions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors analyse controversial films such as \u003ci\u003eAandhi \u003c\/i\u003e(1975) and \u003ci\u003eNasbandi \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), which were banned for the duration of the Emergency, and overtly political films such as \u003ci\u003eKissa Kursi Ka \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), the prints of which were permanently confiscated owing to the film's criticisms of the state. They also consider the political and aesthetic dilemmas of state-sponsored films such as \u003ci\u003eAshadh Ka Ek Din \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), which was made to be explicitly apolitical and came to be known as a key work of New Indian Cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lúcia Nagib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350371130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350371132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Lúcia Nagib","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244111806719,"sku":"9781350371132","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22408066-1c53-48dd-8831-95261892c9f1.jpg?v=1758134966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-and-the-indian-national-lzcia-nagib-9781350371132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}