Refocus: the Films of Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal is widely regarded as one of the most influential Indian filmmakers, and this edited collection of essays provides in-depth scholarship on his career and films. It offers cultural contexts for Benegal's films, including representations of gender, class, and caste, and can be used in academic courses dealing with Bollywood, gender politics, subaltern studies, media studies, adaptation, and postcolonialism. The volume includes a full-length interview with Benegal that investigates his perspectives on the art of film-making.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2022
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Shyam Benegal is widely regarded as one of the most influential Indian filmmakers, yet his vast body of work remains relatively understudied in contemporary film scholarship. To help address this critical gap, ReFocus: The Films of Shyam Benegal takes a closer look at Benegal's films, a trailblazing auteur who successfully redefined the contours of non-commercial Hindi language cinema. This addition to ReFocus: The International Directors Series will explore how Benegal, over the course of his forty-year career, used cinema as a potent medium to narrate the story of a nation in continuous transition. The 13 essays in the volume will explore how Benegal's films articulate his concerns over caste, class, gender, religion, and other allied social, economic, and political problems characterizing the Indian subcontinent. This collection also includes a full-length interview with Shyam Benegal that investigates his perspectives on the art of film-making.

Benegal's films offer in-depth scholarship on Indian parallel, or new wave, cinema, providing cultural contexts for Benegal's films, including representations of gender, class, and caste. They can be used in academic courses dealing with Bollywood, gender politics, subaltern studies, media studies, adaptation, and postcolonialism. The volume's 13 essays will explore how Benegal's films articulate his concerns over caste, class, gender, religion, and other allied social, economic, and political problems characterizing the Indian subcontinent. The collection also includes a full-length interview with Shyam Benegal that investigates his perspectives on the art of film-making.

ReFocus: The Films of Shyam Benegal is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Indian cinema, offering a comprehensive examination of Benegal's films and their impact on Indian society. It will be of interest to those studying Bollywood, gender politics, subaltern studies, media studies, adaptation, and postcolonialism, as well as anyone interested in exploring the rich and complex world of Indian cinema.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474452861