Bombay before Bollywood

Bombay before BollywoodTraces the development of Indian cinema from the 1920s to the mid 1990s, before "Bollywood" erupted onto the world stage. Bombay 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

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