Bollywood For Dummies

Bollywood For Dummies is a guide to the history, people, music, dance, and influence of Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry in India. Written by the cohosts of the podcast Desi Standard Time, the book covers the unique cinema culture of Bollywood, from its origins in early 20th-century Mumbai to its global phenomenon today. It explores the popular Bollywood Masala movie style, sensitive critiques of society, new forms of music, and the lives and talents of the great acting dynasties. The book is perfect for newbies and aficionados alike, offering a whole new world to explore and a wealth of knowledge to discover.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 24 June 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Fascinated by the high energy, high emotion, high color, endless dance routines, and sheer scale of Bollywood, but afraid you'll never really know your Ghazals from your Qawwalis, or your Khans from your Kapoors? Well, in the immortal line from the Hindi-language blockbuster Sultan, "No one can defeat you unless you accept defeat yourself, and there's no need to be defeated at all when you can sit back with Bollywood For Dummies and immerse yourself in the glamorous whirl of one of the most exciting movie industries on Earth."

Starting with the time-travel adventure of the book's main feature—the history of the Hindi-speaking industry from people and events of early to mid-20th-century Mumbai—you'll also journey in space, taking fascinating documentary side trips to get to know Tollywood's Telegu-language cinema in southern India, as well as the growing influence of Lollywood across the border in Pakistan.

Written by the cohosts of Desi Standard Time, a podcast that explores Bollywood and South Asian movies and media, you'll see how the unique cinema culture of Bollywood in particular has become a global phenomenon, reflecting the rise.

The rise of India as an independent nation and presenting its long history—and its exciting and multifaceted present—in new, influential, and enduring forms. Whatever you paid the price of entry for: the popular Bollywood Masala movie style that emphasizes music, comedy, romance, and action; sensitive critiques of a fast-changing society by the Indian Social Realism movement; new forms of music from Indian disco to Sufi boogie; or a look at the lives and talents of the great acting dynasties—it's all here. And there'll still be plenty more plot twists beyond these to surprise and.

Weight: 558g
Dimension: 188 x 235 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119780670