ReFocus: The Films of Zoya Akhtar
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7641-6 (ISBN)
From her relatively small-scale feature debut Luck By Chance (2009) to her recent premieres of Gully Boy (2019) and Made in Heaven (2019) to local and global audiences via the Berlin Film Festival and Amazon Prime Streaming services, Zoya Akhtar has become a prominent figure representing change in Bollywood. As the first collection on Akhtar, this book examines how she is contributing to a shift in one of the world’s leading film industries, and through analysis of her work explores the contradictions and possibilities of the present moment in Bollywood.
Aakshi Magazine is a writer and academic based in India. She received her PhD in Film Studies from the University of St Andrews in 2020. Her doctoral thesis, The 1950s Hindi film song: Between transgression and memory, is on the relationship of the film song to the contradictions of the Indian nationalist discourse. She has published several journal articles, a book chapter and film criticism in popular publications. Amber Shields received her PhD in Film Studies from the University of St Andrews where she focused on how fantasy is used to tell stories of individual and collective trauma in films from around the world. She has taught Film and English courses at Mount Tamalpais College and currently works with nonprofits reimagining education and supporting the development of young leaders. She has published several journals articles and book chapters.
Introduction: Intersecting Industries - Aakshi Magazine and Amber Shields
Section 1: Growing up Industry
1. Loving but Critical: The Empathetic Gaze of Luck by Chance - Aakshi Magazine
2. Relocating Bollywood: Gully Boy and the New Ontologies of Film Music - Sangita Gopal
3. New Forms, New Stories: Zoya Akhtar’s Short Films - Amber Shields
4. Zoya Akhtar as a Screenwriter: Making Niche the New Mainstream - Vyoma Jha
Section 2: Reworking Bollywood Themes
5. The Heterotopia of Family Relationship in Dil Dhadakne Do - Debnita Chakravarti
6. Sabka Time Aayega: Language and Identity in Gully Boy - Kamayani Sharma
7. Homosexual Love: He is also Made in Heaven - Iqra Shagufta Cheema
Section 3: A New Era of Gendered Politics
8. Conflicted and Confused: The Changing Complexity of Masculinity in Zoya Akhtar’s Films - Amber Shields
9. Señoritas at Work: Gendered Work, Aspiration and Leisure in the Films of Zoya Akhtar - Sharanya
10. Self-made vs Self-respect: The Politics of Belonging in Zoya Akhtar’s Films - Vijeta Kumar
Section 4: The Word and the Screen
11. Deconstructing the Perception of ‘The Elite Class Filmmaker’ – Critical Analysis of Popular Film Reviews of Zoya Akhtar’s Cinema - Ruchi Jaggi and Mudita Mishra
12. The Final Word: An Interview with Zoya Akhtar - Aakshi Magazine and Amber Shields
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.06.2021 |
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| Reihe/Serie | ReFocus: The International Directors Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-7641-4 / 1474476414 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-7641-6 / 9781474476416 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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