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A framework for understanding the distinctiveness of Indian cinema as a national cinema within a global context dominated by Hollywood is proposed by this book. With its sudden explosions into song-and-dance sequences, half-time intermissions and heavy traces of censorship, Indian cinema can be identified as a'Cinema of Interruptions'. To the uninitiated viewer, brought up on the seamless linear plotting of Hollywood narrative, this unfamiliar tendency towards digression may appear random and superfluous, yet this book argues that such devices assist in the construction of a distinct visual and narrative time-space. In the hands of imaginative directors, the conventions of Indian cinema become opportunities for narrative play and personal expression in such films as'Sholay'(1975),'Nayakan'(1987),'Parinda'(1989),'Hathyar'(1981) and'Hey Ram!'(1999).'Cinema of Interruptions'places commercial Indian film within a global system of popular cinemas, but also points out its engagement with the dominant genre principles implemented by Western film. By focusing on the action-genre work of leading contemporary directors J.P. Dutta, Mani Ratnam, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, brazen national style is

Author

Lalitha Gopalan

Publisher

London: British Film Institute

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781838715069

Subjects

Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24