Dwyer Rachel. Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema

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Publisher: Routledge, London & New York, 2006. 208 pages. Language: English.

Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the mode and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India’s other cinemas.
The book explores Indian cinema from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the technicolor spectacles of mode Bollywood.

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