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Author Ganti, Tejaswini.

Title Producing Bollywood : inside the contemporary Hindi film industry / Tejaswini Ganti
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 424 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents From vice to virtue : the state and filmmaking in India -- From slumdogs to millionaires : the gentrification of Hindi cinema -- Casting respectability -- A day in the life of a Hindi film set -- The structure, organization, and social relations of the Hindi film industry -- Sentiments of disdain and practices of distinction : the work culture of the Hindi film industry -- Risky business : managing uncertainty in the Hindi film industry -- Pleasing both aunties and servants : the Hindi film industry & its audience imaginaries -- The fear of large numbers : the gentrification of audience imaginaries
Summary Producing Bollywood is an in-depth ethnography of the Bombay-based Hindi film industry, more popularly known as Bollywood. Taking readers inside this hugely popular global industry, Tejaswini Ganti focuses on the social world and professional practices of well-known Hindi filmmakers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2018)
Subject Motion picture industry -- India -- Mumbai.
Motion pictures, Hindi -- India -- Mumbai
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures, Hindi
India -- Mumbai
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822395225
0822395223