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BOMBAY : (II, Mani Ratnam, 1995)
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Bombay London: British Film Institute, 2005.
Call No: 79BOMAuthor: Gopalan Lalitha Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2005PhysDes: 94 p. ; 19 cmSeries: BFI Modern ClassicsSubject: INDIA ; BOMBAY (II, Mani Ratnam, 1995) Summary: In January 1993 sectarian rioting left 2000 Hindus and Muslims dead in Bombay. Only two years later Mani Ratnam's audacious Tamil film Bombay (1995) used these events as a backdrop to a love story between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl. Bombay was condemned by Muslim critics for misrepresentation and it was embroiled in censorship controversies. These served only to heighten interest and the film ran to packed houses in India and abroad. Lalitha Gopalan shows how Bombay struggles ot find a narrative that can reconcile differences. She looks in detail at the way official censors tried to change the film under the influence of powerful figures in both the Muslim and the Hindu communities. In going on to analyse the aesthetics of Bombay, she shows how themes of social and gender difference are rendedred through performance, choreography, song and cinematography. This is a fascinating account of a landmark in recent Indian cinema. [Taken from back cover]ISBN: 0851709567
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BOMBAY BEACH : (US, Alma Har'el, 2011)
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BOMBAY BOYS : (II, Kaizad Gustad, 1998)
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Bombay Clipper in Australian Film Guide vol.2 p.23
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Bombay clipper in Australian Film Guide (August 1966) iss.2 p.23
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BOMBAY TALKIE : (II, James Ivory, 1970)
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THE COURTESANS OF BOMBAY : UK, Ismail Merchant, 1983
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The films of Mira Nair : diaspora verite / Amardeep Singh Jackson: University Press of Mississipp, 2018.
Call No: 81 NAI SINAuthor: Singh, Amardeep Place: JacksonPublisher: University Press of MississippPubDate: 2018PhysDes: vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Subject: NAIR, MIRA ; SALAAM BOMBAY! (II/UK/FR, Mira Nair, 1988) ; MONSOON WEDDING (US/II, Mira Nair, 2001) ; MISSISSIPPI MASALA (US, Mira Nair, 1991) ; PEREZ FAMILY, THE (US, Mira Nair, 1995) ; MY OWN COUNTRY (US, Mira Nair, 1998) ; VANITY FAIR (UK/US, Mira Nair, 2004) ; KAMA SUTRA: A TALE OF LOVE (II, Mira Nair, 1996) ; NAMESAKE, THE (II/US, Mira Nair, 2006) ; RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE (US/UK/QATAR, Mira Nair, 2012) ; QUEEN OF KATWE (US, Mira Nair, 2016) Summary: "The Films of Mira Nair presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe. Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair's films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Mira Nair's major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, "Diaspora Ve´rite´," alludes to Singh's primary theme: Nair's filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinema ve´rite´) and thematically by her interest in the lives of migrants and diasporic populations. Mainly, Nair's filmmaking intends to document imaginatively the experiences of diasporic communities. Nair's focus on the diasporic appears in the long list of her films that have explored the subject, such as Mississippi Masala, So Far from India, Monsoon Wedding, The Perez Family, My Own Country, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. However, a version of the diasporic sensibility also emerges even in films with an apparently different scope, such as Nair's adaptation of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Nair began her career as a documentary filmmaker in the early 1980s. While Nair now has largely moved away from the documentary format in favor of making fictional feature films, Singh shows that a documentary realist style remains active in her subsequent fictional cinema."-- Provided by publisher.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220), filmography (pages 197-210) and index.ISBN: 9781496821164Contents: Mira Nair's diaspora ve´rite´ -- "Our hearts and eyes are wide open" : Mira Nair's documentaries -- The aesthetics of disillusionment : Salaam Bombay! (1988) -- A tale of two "chunaris" : the critique of Bollywood in Monsoon Wedding (2001) --
Into the diasporic mixing bowl : Mississippi Masala (1991), The Perez Family (1995), and My Own Country (1998) -- Feminist period pieces : Vanity Fair (2004) and Kama Sutra : a tale of love (1996) -- "Every day since then has been a gift" : The Namesake (2006) -- "I had a Pakistani once" : The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) and Nair's post-9/ 11 short films -- "Where do you belong?": returning to Uganda in Queen of Katwe (2016).
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Like a Bollywood movie in AFR Weekend (28/01/2017) p.35
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Mercy in her eyes : the films of Mira Nair / by John Kenneth Muir New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, c2006.
Call No: 81NAI MUIAuthor: Muir, John Kenneth Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema BooksPubDate: c2006PhysDes: ix, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. ; 23 cmSubject: INDIA ; FILM ; NAIR, MIRA ; SALAAM BOMBAY! (II/UK/FR, Mira Nair, 1988) ; MISSISSIPPI MASALA (US, Mira Nair, 1991) ; PEREZ FAMILY, THE (US, Mira Nair, 1995) ; KAMA SUTRA: A TALE OF LOVE (II, Mira Nair, 1996) ; MY OWN COUNTRY (US, Mira Nair, 1998) ; LAUGHING CLUB OF INDIA, THE (US/II, Mira Nair, 1999) ; MONSOON WEDDING (US/II, Mira Nair, 2001) ; HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS (US. Mira Nair, 2002) ; 11'09"01 [ELEVEN'NINE"01]- SEPTEMBER 11 (FR, Youssef Chahine & Amos Gitai & Alejandro Gonzalen Inarritu & Shohei Imamura & Claude LeLouch & Ken Loach & Samira Makhmalbaf & Mira Nair & Idrissa Quedraogo & Sean Penn & Dennis Tanovic, 2002) ; VANITY FAIR (UK/US, Mira Nair, 2004) ; NAMESAKE, THE (II/US, Mira Nair, 2006) Summary: "This is the first book to examine the films of the acclaimed and popular Indian-born and Harvard-educated filmmaker, Mira Nair. A unique voice in cinema today, she is one of the few female directors who made it to the top of a male-dominated profession. Her films feature an incomparably sensuous visual style yet at the same time often record the injustice of the disenfranchised and the cross-pollination of East and West. Her twin themes of realism and romance make for dazzling cinema. Noted film authority John Kenneth Muir analyzes all of Nair's work." "Among those interviewed for this book are the actors Gena Rowlands (Hysterical Blindness) and Naveen Andrews (Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, 1997); My Own Country, 1998), currently a star of TV's Lost; and Julian Fellowes, the screen writer of Vanity Fair."--BOOK JACKET.Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [261]-268ISBN: 9781557836496Contents: -- acknowledgments -- A local storyteller at the global cinema : an introduction to Mercy in her eyes : the films of Mira Nair -- Ch. 1. Mahurat : the auspicious beginning of Mira Nair's career in film -- Ch. 2. Salaam Bombay! (1998) -- Ch. 3. Mississippi Masala (1991) and The Perez family (1995) -- Ch. 4. Kama Sutra: a tale of love (1997), My own country (1998), and The laughing club of India (1999) -- Ch. 5. Monsoon wedding (2001), Hysterical blindness (2002), 11'09'01 (2002), and Vanity fair (2004) -- Ch. 6. Sneak peek : The namesake (2006) -- Life is such a comedy : a conclusion to Mercy in her eyes -- App. You know you're in a Mira Nair film when you see ... -- notes -- selected bibliography -- index --
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My first movie / edited by Stephen Lowenstein London: Faber and Faber Limited, 2000.
Call No: 802.25 MYFAuthor: Lowenstein, Stephen Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Faber and Faber LimitedPubDate: 2000PhysDes: xiv, 360 p. ; [12 plates]Subject: ALMODOVAR, PEDRO ; ANDERS, ALLISON ; BUSCEMI, STEVE ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; DICILLO, TOM ; FIGGIS, MIKE ; FREARS, STEPHEN ; HOGAN, P.J. ; JORDAN, NEIL ; LEE, ANG ; LEIGH, MIKE ; LEVINSON, BARRY ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MANGOLD, JAMES ; MINGHELLA, ANTHONY ; NAIR, MIRA ; OLDMAN, GARY ; SMITH, KEVIN ; STONE, OLIVER ; TAVERNIER, BERTRAND ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; JOHNNY SUEDE (US, Tom DiCillo, 1991) ; CLERKS (US, Kevin Smith, 1994) ; DINER (US, Barry Levinson, 1982) ; SALVADOR (US, Oliver Stone, 1986) ; ANGEL (IE, Neil Jordan, 1982) ; TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY (UK, Anthony Minghella, 1990) ; SALAAM BOMBAY! (II/UK/FR, Mira Nair, 1988) ; STORMY MONDAY (UK, Mike Figgis, 1988) ; PEPI, LUCI, BOM Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTON (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 1980) ; TREES LOUNGE (US, Steve Buscemi, 1996) ; NIL BY MOUTH (UK, Gary Oldman, 1997) ; TUI SHOU (TZ, Ang Lee, 1992) ; MURIEL’S WEDDING (AT, P.J. Hogan, 1994) ; HEAVY (US, James Mangold, 1995) ; HORLOGER DE SAINT-PAUL, L' (FR, Bertrand Tavernier, 1974) ; BLEAK MOMENTS (UK, Mike Leigh, 1971) ; POOR COW (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1967) ; GUMSHOE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1971) Summary: Interviews with film-makers about making their first film.ISBN: 0571196691
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Picturing an Indian cinematic pioneer in The Australian (01/02/2017) p.14
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SALAAM BOMBAY! : (II/UK/FR, Mira Nair, 1988)
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Salaam Bombay! / Mira Nair & Sooni Taraporevala New Delhi: Penguin, 1989.
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Short review : The courtesans of Bombay in Film (April/May 1984) iss.125 p.9
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