Producing Bollywood : inside the contemporary Hindi film industry /

Ganti, Tejaswini.

Producing Bollywood : inside the contemporary Hindi film industry / Tejaswini Ganti. - Durham : Duke University Press, c2012. - xiv, 424 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-415) and index.

From vice to virtue : the state and filmmaking in India -- From slumdogs to millionaires : the gentrification of Hindi cinema -- Casting respectability -- A day in the life of a Hindi film set -- The structure, organization, and social relations of the Hindi film industry -- Sentiments of disdain and practices of distinction : the work culture of the Hindi film industry -- Risky business : managing uncertainty in the Hindi film industry -- Pleasing both aunties and servants : the Hindi film industry & its audience imaginaries -- The fear of large numbers : the gentrification of audience imaginaries.

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Motion picture industry--India--Mumbai.
Motion pictures, Hindi--India--Mumbai.

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