{"product_id":"indias-new-independent-cinema-ashvin-immanuel-devasundaram-9781138319721","title":"India's New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first-ever book on the rise of the new wave of independent Indian films that is revolutionising Indian cinema. Contemporary scholarship on Indian cinema so far has focused asymmetrically on Bollywood--India's dominant cultural export. Reversing this trend, this book provides an in-depth examination of the burgeoning independent Indian film sector. It locates the new 'Indies' as a \u003cem\u003eglocal\u003c\/em\u003e hybrid film form--global in aesthetic and local in content. They critically engage with a diverse socio-political spectrum of 'state of the nation' stories; from farmer suicides, disenfranchised urban youth and migrant workers to monks turned anti-corporation animal rights agitators. This book provides comprehensive analyses of definitive Indie new wave films including \u003cem\u003ePeepli Live \u003c\/em\u003e(2010), \u003cem\u003eDhobi Ghat\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eThe Lunchbox \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) and \u003cem\u003eShip of Theseus\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). It explores how subversive Indies, such as polemical postmodern rap-musical \u003cem\u003eGandu\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) transgress conventional notions of 'traditional Indian values', and collide with state censorship regulations. This timely and pioneering analysis shows how the new Indies have emerged from a middle space between India's globalising present and traditional past. This book draws on in-depth interviews with directors, actors, academics and members of the Indian censor board, and is essential reading for anyone seeking an insight into a current Indian film phenomenon that could chart the future of Indian cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138319724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138319721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48087723868415,"sku":"9781138319721","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc34ee1e-8db7-4c02-afae-eadae3d677a5.jpg?v=1769101045","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indias-new-independent-cinema-ashvin-immanuel-devasundaram-9781138319721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}