{"product_id":"9781438456751","title":"Bombay before Bollywood : Film City Fantasies (Suny series, Horizons of Cinema)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraces the development of Indian cinema from the 1920s to the mid-1990s, before \"Bollywood\" erupted onto the world stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBombay before Bollywood offers a fresh, alternative look at the history of Indian cinema. Avoiding the conventional focus on India's social and mythological films, Rosie Thomas examines the subaltern genres of the \"magic and fighting films\"-the fantasy, costume, and stunt films popular in the decades before and immediately after independence. She explores the influence of this other cinema on the big-budget masala films of the 1970s and 1980s, before \"Bollywood\" erupted onto the world stage in the mid-1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomas focuses on key moments in this hidden history, including the 1924 fairy fantasy Gul-e-Bakavali; the 1933 talkie Lal-e-Yaman; the exploits of stunt queen Fearless Nadia; the magical neverlands of Hatimtai and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp; and the 1960s stunt capers Zimbo and Khilari. She includes a detailed ethnographic account of the Bombay film industry of the early 1980s, centering on the beliefs and fantasies of filmmakers themselves with regard to filmmaking and film audiences, and on-the-ground operations of the industry. A welcome addition to the fields of film studies and cultural studies, the book will also appeal to general readers with an interest in Indian cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46348037357647,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":3640.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/en\/products\/9781438456751","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}