Bollywood, Tollywood and Beyond: Literary Essays on Indian Films

The vast scope and range of studies in film adaptation are overwhelming. Cinematic representation opens up hidden layers of meaning and appeals to the common man much easier because of its visual content. This book contains eighteen essays and should interest any reader who wants to know about various facets of Indian films, ranging from discussions of certain recurrent themes and works by reputed directors to adaptations of works by renowned litterateurs.  Topics like ‘othering’ of the Muslims and the Anglo-Indians, LGBTQ issues, barrenness vs. motherhood, ideas of the gaze, and sexuality that are significant in Indian cinema as a whole, have been analyzed. The study also includes four essays on the celluloid representations of the Partition of India, namely feature films as well as documentaries on the Partition of Bengal, films on the Punjab Partition and those on border-crossing and survival. Three essays on Rabindranath Tagore and films made by P. C. Barua, Bimal Roy, Satyajit Ray, Rituparno Ghosh and others are the remaining areas that this book dwells upon.