Brought to life by the voice : : playback singing and cultural politics in South India / / Amanda J. Weidman.

"To produce the song sequences that are central to Indian popular cinema, singers' voices are first recorded in the studio and then played back on the set to be lip-synced and danced to by actors and actresses as the visuals are filmed. Since the 1950s, playback singers have become revered...

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Place / Publishing House:Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 243 pages) :; illustrations
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