Ideology of the Hindi Film - 1

M Madhava Prasad’s Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction is a work of seminal importance. Drawing on the Marxist analysis of Indian society and history, the book places Hindi cinema firmly in the context of nationalism and development of capitalism. We present in a textual-moving visual format for readers. The moving visual images function as illustrations for the analysis undertaken by the Prasad.

Split into two parts, Part One explains the economic, political and ideological conditions of possibility for the emergence of the social as the dominant genre in Hindi Cinema.

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