Sanjoy Patnaik

Of Reels, Romance and Retakes

Social Narratives of Cinema in Odisha

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Produktbeschreibung

Of Reels, Romance and Retakes carries the reader on a fascinating journey into the genesis, evolution and reception of Odia cinema. Telling the story of its quiet emergence in 1936, the book goes on to chronicle its unexpected triumphs in the coming decades when cinema arose as an undisputed cultural form of both the middle class and the masses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781032601083
• ISBN-10: 1032601086
• Artikelnr.: 68472543

Autorenporträt

Sanjoy Patnaik, a social development professional, worked extensively on forests and environment issues in India. He studied International Politics in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and also took a course on Film Appreciation in the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Sanjoy is a film maker. He scripted and directed the award-winning Odia fi lm Shuka Asuchi (2014), a critique of the contemporary development model. The fi lm depicted the pangs of displacement and the predicament of the rural youth who swing between being indifferent farmers and petty power brokers in the rich mining belts of Odisha. An ardent fi lm enthusiast, Sanjoy continues to write on cinema both in the print and digital space.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Birth of a Nation: Growth of Cinema in Odisha 3 The Wave:
The Odia Cinematic Spectrum 4 Social Dilemma: Demographics, Class and
Gender 5 Field of Dreams: Cinema and Odia Cultural Identity 6 The
Unforgivable: The Fear and Fall in Odia Cinema 7 Plans for Tomorrow: The
Regional Resurgence Bibliography