ReFocus: The Films of Zoya Akhtar /

ReFocus: The Films of Zoya Akhtar / / ed. by Aakshi Magazine.

Examines the work of Hindi film director, screenwriter and producer Zoya AkhtarProvides a contemporary study on the shift of the Hindi film industry by examining one of the leading directors of New BollywoodHighlights the role of women filmmakers in popular, mainstream film industriesOf interest to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
MitwirkendeR:
Chakravarti, Debnita,
Gopal, Sangita,
Jha, Vyoma,
Kher Jaggi, Ruchi,
Kumar, Vijeta,
Magazine, Aakshi,
Mishra, Mudita,
Shagufta Cheema, Iqra,
Sharanya,,
Sharma, Kamayani,
Shields, Amber,
HerausgeberIn:
Magazine, Aakshi,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 10 B/W illustrations 10 B&W images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: Intersecting Industries
  • Part I Growing up Industry
  • 1 Loving but Critical: The Empathetic Gaze of Luck by Chance
  • 2 Relocating Bollywood: Gully Boy and the Worlds of Hip-hop
  • 3 New Forms, New Stories: Zoya Akhtar’s Short Films
  • 4 Zoya Akhtar as a Screenwriter: Making Niche the New Mainstream
  • Part II Reworking Bollywood Themes
  • 5 The Heterotopia of Family Relation-Ship in Dil Dhadakne Do
  • 6 Sabka Time Aayega: Language and the City in Gully Boy
  • 7 Queer Love: He is Also Made in Heaven
  • Part III A New Era of Gendered Politics
  • 8 Conflicted and Confused: The Changing Complexity of Masculinity in Zoya Akhtar’s Films
  • 9 Señoritas at Work: Gendered Work, Aspiration and Leisure in the Films of Zoya Akhtar
  • 10 Self-made vs Self-respect: The Politics of Belonging in Zoya Akhtar’s Films
  • Part IV The Word and the Screen
  • 11 Deconstructing the Perception of ‘The Elite Class Filmmaker’: A Critical Analysis of Mainstream Film Reviews of Zoya Akhtar’s Cinema
  • 12 The Final Word: An Interview with Zoya Akhtar
  • General Index
  • Index of Films

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