{"product_id":"world-film-locations-mumbai-9781841506326","title":"World Film Locations: Mumbai","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinating, incommensurable and chaotic, Mumbai is a megalopolis of dramatic diversity and heartbreaking extremes, where immense wealth is just steps away from the searing poverty of its huge slums. The home of Bollywood, Mumbai is also the epicentre of India’s film industry and its foremost film location. Through the lens of Mumbai’s manifold cinematic representations, \u003cem\u003eWorld Film Locations: Mumbai\u003c\/em\u003e explores the sheer complexity of this incomparable city.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis volume comprises insightful essays and beautifully illustrated scene analyses by leading scholars and film critics who explore the ways filmmakers from India and abroad have represented Mumbai’s astonishing urban and human landscape. Their contributions show how movies have created in the imaginations of billions of spectators the vivid image of a city that constantly tempts people to escape their dreary existence and offers them a chance to fulfil their dreams. The first book to focus on cinematic representations of what is perhaps the world’s most-filmed city, \u003cem\u003eWorld Film Locations: Mumbai\u003c\/em\u003e will be necessary reading for scholars and film buffs alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaps\/Scenes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 1-8 1948 - 1966\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 9-16 1970 - 1978\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 17-24 1979 - 1989\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 25-32 1989 - 2000\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 33-39 2001 - 2008\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 40-46 2008 - 2010\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMumbai: City of the Imagination – Helio San Miguel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBollywood: The Thousand Flavours of the Cinema of Mumbai – Alberto Elena\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVictoria Terminus: Gateway of India’s Dreams – Mayank Shekhar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCounter-Bollywood: Realist Fables from the City of Dreams – Nandini Ramnath\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMumbai Noir: An Uncanny Present – Ranjani Mazumdar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBombay, Post 6 December 1992: Space and Time of Communalism – Lalitha Gopalan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBollywood Dynasties: Star Power and Lineage in Mumbai’s Film Aristocracy – Devrath Sagar\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042927673687,"sku":"9781841506326","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841506326.jpg?v=1750956261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-film-locations-mumbai-9781841506326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}