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9788172238599 60ba388e24f83a61f27e9c51 Mother Maiden Mistress : Women In Hindi Cinema 1950-2010 https://www.midlandbookshop.com/s/607fe93d7eafcac1f2c73ea4/60bdf29c04ee416875849926/9788172238599.jpg 'Extraordinary ... details what makes women characters iconic in Hindi cinema and analyses them in relation to their directors and more importantly to the society at that point of time' -Rani Mukerji It's been a long hundred years since Dadasaheb Phalke had to settle for a man to play the heroine in India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra (1913) - and women in Hindi cinema have come a long way since then. Mother Maiden Mistress documents that journey: from a time in which cinema was considered a profession beneath the dignity of 'respectable' women to an era when women actors are icons and idols. Bhawana Somaaya Jigna Kothari and Supriya Madangarli sift through six decades of history bringing to life the women that peopled cinema and the popular imagination and shaped fashion and culture. Contemporary readers will also find here a nuanced historical perspective - of the social milieu of the time of the nation and of Hindi cinema itself. Also riveting are the first-person narratives of a leading actress from each decade - Waheeda Rehman Asha Parekh Hema Malini Shabana Azmi Madhuri Dixit and Rani Mukerji - all close-up examinations of how some of the iconic characters of Hindi cinema came to be. At once a guide an archive and a cracking good read the book records and reviews the woman in Hindi cinema - the mythical the Sati-Savitri the rebel the avant-garde and the contemporary. In a journey through six decades of cinema seemingly the more things have changed the more they have remained the same. 9788172238599
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Mother Maiden Mistress : Women In Hindi Cinema 1950-2010

Mother Maiden Mistress : Women In Hindi Cinema 1950-2010

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  • ISBN: 9788172238599
  • Author: Somaaya Bhawana
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pages: 268
  • Format: Paperback
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'Extraordinary ... details what makes women characters iconic in Hindi cinema and analyses them in relation to their directors and more importantly to the society at that point of time' -Rani Mukerji It's been a long hundred years since Dadasaheb Phalke had to settle for a man to play the heroine in India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra (1913) - and women in Hindi cinema have come a long way since then. Mother Maiden Mistress documents that journey: from a time in which cinema was considered a profession beneath the dignity of 'respectable' women to an era when women actors are icons and idols. Bhawana Somaaya Jigna Kothari and Supriya Madangarli sift through six decades of history bringing to life the women that peopled cinema and the popular imagination and shaped fashion and culture. Contemporary readers will also find here a nuanced historical perspective - of the social milieu of the time of the nation and of Hindi cinema itself. Also riveting are the first-person narratives of a leading actress from each decade - Waheeda Rehman Asha Parekh Hema Malini Shabana Azmi Madhuri Dixit and Rani Mukerji - all close-up examinations of how some of the iconic characters of Hindi cinema came to be. At once a guide an archive and a cracking good read the book records and reviews the woman in Hindi cinema - the mythical the Sati-Savitri the rebel the avant-garde and the contemporary. In a journey through six decades of cinema seemingly the more things have changed the more they have remained the same.

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