Author: Mazumdar Ranjani
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Permanent Black
Year: 2007
Pages: 257
ISBN: 9788178242712
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay Cinema
Keyword: Bombay Cinema, Bibliography
Classification: 791.43
Shelf: C5R6
Accession No: B864
Contents: Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Urban Allegories One: Rage on Screen Two: The Rebellious Tapori Three: Desiring Women Four: The Panoramic Interior Five: Gangland Bombay Conclusion: After Life Notes Bibliography Index
Abstract: *Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City* examines how popular Hindi films reflect and shape the urban experience of postcolonial Bombay (now Mumbai). Through themes such as rage, rebellion, desire, domesticity, and crime, the book explores how cinema captures the city’s socio-political transformations. Each chapter analyzes key figures and spaces—the angry young man, tapori, desiring woman, interior spaces, and gangland—to reveal the fantasies and tensions of urban life. Positioned at the intersection of film theory and urban studies, the book argues that Bombay cinema functions as both a cultural archive and a narrative of the city’s evolving identity.