100 Bollywood Films

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Rachel DwyerPublisher: Roli BooksYear: 2005Language: EnglishPages: 251ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174364331 Description100 Bollywood Films is about the national cinema of India, describing movies made in Mumbai, distributed nationally across India and with their own production, distribution and exhibition networks worldwide. This informative screen guide reflects the work of key directors, major stars and important music directors and screenplay writers. Historically important films have been included along with certain cult movies and top box office successes.No guide to Hindi film would be complete without discussing –Mother India, the national epic of a peasant woman’s struggle against nature and society to bring up her family; Sholay, a curry western where the all-star cast sing and dance, romance and kill; Dilwale Dulhaniya le jayenge, the greatest of the diaspora films, in which two British Asians fall