National Identity in Indian Popular Film, 1947-1987

by Sumita S Chakravarty

This book marks a significant step in film history and analysis about Indian films. Until the time it was published, most books were debating the British role in Indian cinema – whether the British had hindered the production of film, whether they had been neutral or whether they encouraged it. What Chakravarty did was to move away from that by stating that film has played a very important role in the formation of modern India’s identity.