Commercial cinema has always been one of the biggest indigenous
industries in India, and remains so in the post-globalization era, when
Indian economy has entered a new phase of global participation,
liberalization and expansion. Issues of community, gender, society,
social and economic justice, bourgeois-liberal individualism, secular
nationhood and ethnic identity are nowhere more explored in the Indian
cultural mainstream than in commercial cinema. As Indian economy and
policy have gone through a sea-change after the end of the Cold War and
the commencement of the Global Capital, the largest cultural industry
has followed suit. This book is a significant addition to the study of
post-Global Indian culture. The articles represent a variety of
theoretical and pedagogical approaches, and the collection will be
appreciated by beginners and scholars alike.