Sharmistha Guptoo

Name: Bengali Cinema : An Other Nation

Publisher Name: Lotus Publisher

Genre: Arts History, Theory and Criticism

Description:

About ‘Bengali Cinema: An Other Nation’: This book argues that a definitive history of Bengali cinema presents an alternative understanding to the currently influential notion of the Hindi film as the ‘Indian’ or ‘national’ cinema. It suggests that the Bengali cinema presents a history which brings to the fore the deeply contested terrain of ‘national’ cinema, and shows the creation of the ‘alternative imaginary’ of the Bengali film. As the first comprehensive historical work on Bengali cinema, this book makes a significant contribution to both Film and Cultural Studies and South Asian Studies in general.

“In describing the world of Bengali cinema as An Other Nation, Gooptu has also defined the intrinsic tension within the world of Bengali cinema, which is often grappling with the reality of carving out a niche for itself alongside the commercial onslaught from Bollywood.” – The Economic TImes