{"product_id":"shyam-benegal-samir-chopra-9781350063556","title":"Shyam Benegal: Filmmaker and Philosopher","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over forty years, Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking, Benegal is both of, and not of, Bollywood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian, the 'subaltern' if you will-the serf, the peasant, the woman-and imposes a distinctive philosophical vision on his cinematic reworkings of literary products. To understand Benegal's cinema is to understand, through his lens, modern India's continued process of political and social becoming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the philosophical depth of Benegal's oueuvre, Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of his work: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A trio of films which signalled to middle-class India that a revolt was brewing in India's hinterlands \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and bring viewers into the lives of Indian women by showcasing strong, interesting female characters \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Benegal the master storyteller, who possessed of a unique fabulist style in a reboot of the Indian epic Mahabharata, a Ruskin Bond novel set during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and a Rashomon-like retelling of an Indian experimental novel, where three perspectives converge to form a unified whole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samir Chopra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135006355X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350063556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Samir Chopra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250552393983,"sku":"9781350063556","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21fdab1f-3b36-44a5-a5d2-2ce1a35d1550.jpg?v=1729600645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shyam-benegal-samir-chopra-9781350063556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}