Cinema of Interruptions - Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema

Author: Lalitha Gopalan/: Publisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 218ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195663527 Descriptionxpression in films such as Sholay (1975), Nayakan (1987), Parinda (1989), Hathyar (1981), and Hey Ram! (1999).Cinema of Interruptions places commercial Indian film within a global system of popular cinemas, but also points out its engagement with the dominant genre principles implemented by Western film. By focusing on the action-genre work of leading contemporary directors J P Dutta, Mani Ratnam and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a brazen national style is shown to interact with international genre films to produce a hybrid from that reworks the gangster film; the western, and avenging woman genre.Not only will her book be of interest to the cinephile and students of film studies, but will appeal to the general reader as well.ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Hum Aapke Hain Koun?-Cinephilia and Indian FilmsAvenging Women in Indian CinemaMasculinity at