The book explores the extent to which Indian popular cinema offers a fresh view of South Asian public life while being a distinctive response to the new political presence of changing culture of the urban middle classes in the region. It uses the Indian popular cinema to re-examine the relationships among society, politics, and culture.
Readership: College students and scholars of South Asian cinema and culture studies, anthropologists, journalists, general readers interested in Indian films.
Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, and Ashis Nandy, Formerly Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi
