title: Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema (Routledge Film Guidebooks)
author:  Tejaswini Ganti 
description: Tejaswini Ganti is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Connecticut College.
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  **Studying**
  
  
  **Studying Indian Cinema**
  
  
  Omar Ahmed
  
  
  **Indian Cinema**
  
  
  “This is an accessible and well-
  
  
  researched book that will be a boon
  
  
  for film and media studies students
  
  
  and researchers new to the field.
  
  
  Fourteen key films are analysed
  
  
  in some detail over a number of
  
  
  decades, and as such we are taken
  
  
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  on a cultural and historical journey
  
  
  of Indian cinema through fresh and
  
  
  interesting eyes.”
  
  
  Dr Rajinder Dudrah, Senior
  
  
  Lecturer in Screen Studies,
  
  
  University of Manchester, UK
  
  
  “A valuable addition to the limited range of books on the subject and an
  essential guide for film teachers and students alike, this is a must buy for
  anyone who wants to explore the rich film culture of India.”
  
  
  Roy Stafford, author of The Global Film Book (Routledge, 2014)
  
  
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  Studying Indian Cinema traces the historical evolution of Indian cinema
  through a discussion of 14 key films and film-makers. The cho