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Censorship and sexuality in Bombay cinema / Monika Mehta Austin, TX: University of Texas, 2011.
Call No: 440.2(540) MEHAuthor: Mehta, Monika Edition: 1stSource: USPlace: Austin, TXPublisher: University of TexasPubDate: 2011PhysDes: xi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; CENSORSHIP. INDIA ; BOLLYWOOD ; WOMEN IN FILMS. INDIA ; DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE (II, Aditya Chopra, [1995]) ; GUPT GYAN (II, B. K. Adarsh, 1974) ; KHAL NAYAK (II, Subhash Ghai, 1993) Summary: "India produces an impressive number of films each year in a variety of languages. Here, Monika Mehta breaks new ground by analyzing Hindi films and exploring the censorship of gender and heterosexuality in Bombay cinema. She studies how film censorship on various levels makes the female body and female sexuality pivotal in constructing national identity, not just through the films themselves but also through the heated debates that occur in newspapers and other periodicals. The standard claim is that the state dictates censorship and various prohibitions, but Mehta explores how relationships among the state, the film industry, and the public illuminates censorships' role in identity formation, while also examining how desire, profits, and corruption are generated through the act of censoring.
Committed to extending a feminist critique of mass culture in the global south, Mehta situates the story of censorship in a broad social context and traces the intriguing ways in which the heated debates on sexuality in Bombay cinema actually produce the very forms of sexuality they claim to regulate. She imagines afresh the theoretical field of censorship by combining textual analysis, archival research, and qualitative fieldwork (personal interviews and direct observation of censorship committees). By employing this interdisciplinary methodology and mobilizing Michel Foucault's insights on micropractices, Mehta places concerns of representation, film production, film reception, and state interventions in a productive dialogue. Her analysis reveals how central concepts of film studies, such as stardom, spectacle, genre, and sound, are employed and (re)configured within the ambit of state censorship, thereby expanding the scope of their application and impact." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2001 -- Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9780292726925Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: Beginning -- Revisiting the history of film censorship -- Close-up: the Central Board of Film Certification -- The first sex-education film: a classification conundrum -- Satyam shivam sundaram: (im)proper suturing of sound, scar, and stardom -- An anomalous dilemma: to ban or to certify the self-sacrificial wife in Pati parmeshwar -- Tracking the twists and turns in the Khalnayak -- Debates on censorship -- Dilwale dulhania le jayenge: certifying a "family love" story -- From censorship to selections
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The cinema of Satyajit Ray / Chidananda Das Gupta New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1994.
Call No: 81RAY DASAuthor: Das Gupta, Chidananda Edition: rev. and enl. ed.Place: New DelhiPublisher: National Book Trust, IndiaPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xv, 204 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: Ray, Satyajit ; PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955) ; APARAJITO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1957) ; PARASH PATHAR (II, Satyajit Ray, 1958) ; JALSAGHAR (II, Satyajit Ray, 1958) ; APUR SANSAR (II, Satyajit Ray, 1958) ; DEVI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1960) ; TEEN KANYA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1961) ; RABINDRANATH TAGORE (ii, Satyajit Ray, 1961) ; KANCHENJUNGHA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1962) ; ABHIJAN (II, Satyajit Ray, 1962) ; MAHANAGAR (II, Satyajit Ray, 1963) ; CHARULATA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1964) ; TWO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1964) ; KAPURAUSH O MAHAPURUSH (II, Satyajit Ray, 1965) ; NAYAK (II, Satyajit Ray, 1966) ; CHIRIAKHANA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1967) ; GOOPY GYNE BAGHA BYNE (II, Satyajit Ray, 1968) ; ARANYER DIN RATRI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1970) ; PRATIDWANDI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1971) ; SEEMABADDHA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1971) ; JANA ARANYA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1975) ; SHATRANJ KE KHILARI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1977) ; JOI BABA FELUNATH (II, Satyajit Ray, 1978) ; HOME AND THE WORLD, THE [ ; SHAKHA PROSHAKHA (II/FR, Satyajit Ray, 1990) ; AGANTUK (II, Satyajit Ray, 1991) ; INNER EYE, THE (II, Satyajit Ray, 1972) ; ASANI SANKET (II, Satyajit Ray, 1973) ; SONAR KELLA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1975) ; BALA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1976) ; JOI BABA FELUNATH (II, Satyajit Ray, 1978) ; HIRAK RAJAR DESHE (II, Satyajit Ray, 1980) ; PIKOO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1980) ; SADGATI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1981) ; SUKUMAR RAY (II, Satyajit Ray, 1988) ; GANASHATRU (II, Satyajit Ray, 1989) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204)ISBN: 8123707533Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Hours in the dark : essays on cinema / T.G. Vaidyanathan Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Call No: 62 VAIAuthor: Vaidyanathan, T.G. Source: IIPlace: DelhiPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: 289 p ; 22cmSubject: CRITICISM ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; Z (FR/AE, Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1969) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; GODFATHER PART II, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; ROSELAND (US, James Ivory, 1977) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; CHARIOTS OF FIRE (UK, Hugh Hudson, 1981) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; GANDHI (UK/II, Richard Attenborough, 1982) ; JUNOON (II, Shyam Benegal, 1979) ; TRIKAL (II, Shyam Benegal, 1986) ; PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955) ; NAYAK (II, Satyajit Ray, 1966) ; SEEMABADDHA (II, Satyajit Ray, 1971) ; SHATRANJ KE KHILARI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1977) Summary: " T. G Vaidyanathan has been the reviewer most film-makers, critics and movie-goers have always paid attention to. This collection of essays covers nearly three decades of film criticism by him. The book gathers together his essays on individual films in several languages, both Indian and foreign. The essays are energetic and acerbic, often partisan, but never dull. Written in an approachable style, they bring alive years of movie-watching in a manner neither entirely journalistic nor academic. The films discussed range from the Taviani brothers' Padre Padrone to Jonathon Demme's The Silence of the lambs and Benegal's Trikaal. There is a special section on Satyajit Ray, general pieces on the concerns of modern cinema in India, as well as accounts of Vaidyanathyan's encounters with directors such as Roman Polanski and Tomas Gutierrez Alea. The book includes an annotated bibliography with suggestions for further reading" - BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289)ISBN: 019563764XDonation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: preface -- perspectives from the west -- 1. towards a century of cinema -- 2 -- denouement in the modern film -- 3 --- western or anti-western ? -- 4 -- the Welles charisma -- 5 -- fassbinder: breaking the heart without betraying the mind -- 6 -- Bergman's swan song -- 7 -- Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow-up (1966) -- 8 -- Costa-Gavras, Z (1969) -- 9 -- Milos Foreman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) -- 10 -- Francis Ford Coppola, Godfather Part II (1975) -- 11 -- James Ivory, Roseland (1977) -- 12 -- Vittorio and Paulo Taviani, PAdre Padrone (1977) -- 13 -- Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) -- 14 -- Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire (1981) -- 15 -- Jordan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -- 16 -- Martin Scorcese, Cape Fear (1991) -- Some aspects of Modern Indian Cinema: -- 1 --- The problems of post-colonial cinema -- 2 -- art and commerce: is there a choice? -- 3 -- films from literature -- 4 -- Richard Attenborough, Gandhi (1982) -- 5 -- Aparna Sen, 36 Chowinghee Lane (1981) -- 6 -- Aparna Sen, Paroma (1985) -- Shyam Benegal, Junoon (1978) -- 8 -- Shyam Benegal, Trikaal (1985) -- Satyajit Ray: Artist and craftsman -- 1 -- The humanism of Ray -- 2 -- Pather Panchali (1955) -- 3 -- Death in the Apu trilogy -- 4 -- Nayak (1966) -- 5 -- Seemabaddha (1971) -- 6 -- Shantranj Ke Khiladi (1977) -- A view of the south -- 1 -- Kannada cinema: an overview -- 2 -- the cinema of girish Kasaravalli -- 3 -- Girish Kasaravalli, Tabrana KAthe (1987) -- 4 -- Girish Kasaravalli, Bannada Vesha (1988) -- 5 -- Girish Karnad, B.V Karanth, Vamsha Vrisksha (1971) -- 6 -- B.V Karanth, Chomana Dudi (1975) -- 7 -- Pattabhi Rama Reddy, Chanda Marutha (1977) -- 8 -- Prema Karanth, Phiyamma (1982) -- 9 -- Baragur Ramachandrappa, Kote (1989) -- 10 -- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Swayamvaram (1972) -- 11 M. T Vasudevan Nair, Nirmalayam (1973) -- 12 -- P. Madhavan, Mythological Syndrome in Tamil Cinema -- 13 -- K. Balachander, Arangetram (1973) -- 14 -- J. Mahendran, Udhiri Pookal (1979) -- Conversations -- 1 -- Alea and the Cuban revolution -- 2 -- a portrait of Polanski -- 3 -- Youssef Chahine, 'Lilli Marlene' and the El Alamain Battle -- 4 -- Marianne Ahrne and the Invarare -- annotated bibliography --URL status: URL: 'http://-'
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