What is Bollywood? 3 Origins, size, and stature 7 Language 7 The question of realism 11 The fan and the critic 13 PART I List of figures Acknowledgments Introduction To Naseem and Rehaan, and to all the fans, past and future Classification: LCC PN1993.5.I8 A783 2021 (print) | LCC PN1993.5.I8 (ebook) | DDC 791.430954-dc23 LC record available at LC ebook record available at ISBN: 978-6-8 (hbk) ISBN: 978-4-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-2-6 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Taylor & Francis Books | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. Title: Understanding Bollywood : the grammar of Hindi cinema / Ulka Anjaria. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Anjaria, Ulka, 1979- author. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Understanding Bollywood The Grammar of Hindi Cinemaįirst published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 Ulka Anjaria The right of Ulka Anjaria to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. She is the author of Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel: Colonial Difference and Literary Form (2012) and Reading India Now: Contemporary Formations in Literature and Popular Culture (2019), and is the editor of A History of the Indian Novel in English (2015). Ulka Anjaria is Professor of English at Brandeis University, where she writes and teaches on South Asian literature and film.
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