<italic>Filmfare</italic> and the question of Bengali cinema (1955-65).

This essay is a critical genealogy of Bengali cinema roughly between 1955 and 1965, as the story unfolded in the pages of <italic>Filmfare</italic>, the preeminent mainstream cinema periodical in India. It locates the question of Bengali cinema in a greater textualization of a burgeoning Indian film...

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Publicado en:South Asian History & Culture Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 141 - 159
Autor principal: Basu, Anustup
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2018
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