These are interesting times in the history of Indian cinema, particularly
because the established aesthetic conventions and modes of production of the
Hindi film industry are being challenged, as are the boundaries between what is
alternative and what is mainstream. This book is an attempt to contextualize the
upsurge in this form of cinema in Bollywood/Hindi film industry.
It also aims to promote an academic enquiry into the works of these filmmakers,
their religious beliefs, social moorings, cinematic influences, attitudes
towards filmmaking and experiences of making movies. It will be an important
reading for serious students of South Asian studies, film studies and media
studies as well as