{"product_id":"boay-before-bollywood-film-ity-fantaes","title":"Boay before Bollywood Film ity Fantaes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a history of Bombay cinema told from a fresh perspective Rosie Thomas rejects the usual emphasis on early social melodramas and mythological films (like Dadasaheb Phalke's Harishchandra) that have become generally identified with the origins of an authentic 'Indian' national cinema Instead, she tells the stories of the popular films circulating in the B and C-circuits in the decades before and immediately after independence. These were films which catered to the tastes of mass audiences rather than the educated elite The focus is on the stunt, action and costume dramas of the period, including the 1924 fairy fantasy Gul-e-Bakavali; the 1933 talkie Lal-e-Yaman; the exploits of stunt queen Fearless Nadia; the magical never-never lands of Hatimtai and Aladdin; and the 1960s stunt capers Zimbo and Khilari.The book argues that Bombay cinema has always been culturally hybrid, borrowing freely from global popular culture (Hollywood films, Arabian Nights stories) and hybrid local theater traditions like the Urdu-Parsi theater\u003cbr\u003e\nTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\nBombay before Bollywood: Film City Fantasies\u003cbr\u003e\nPart One\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction to Part One\u003cbr\u003e\nThieves of the Orient: The Arabian Nights in Early Indian Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\nDistant Voices, Magic Knives: Lal-e-Yaman and the Transition to Sound in Bombay Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\nNot Quite (Pearl) White: Fearless Nadia, Queen of the Stunts\u003cbr\u003e\nZimbo and Son Meet the Girl with a Gun\u003cbr\u003e\nStill Magic: An Aladdin's Cave of 1950s B-Movie Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\nPart Two\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction to Part Two\u003cbr\u003e\nWhere the Money Flows, the Camera Rolls\u003cbr\u003e\nIndian Cinema: Pleasures and Popularity\u003cbr\u003e\nSanctity and Scandal: The Mythologisation of Mother India\u003cbr\u003e\nMother India Maligned: The Saga of Sanjay Dutt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosie Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214226255932,"sku":"9788125053620","price":947.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/boay-before-bollywood-film-ity-fantaes-9788125053620_ac87a92d-6584-4cd7-85e2-743c9deb4eae.jpg?v=1776721607","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/boay-before-bollywood-film-ity-fantaes","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}