Wondrous screens in India: cinema halls, place, public, and cinephilia.

Drawing from our previous and individual researches, we aim to put the spotlight on 'film-event', thus study the act of going to cinema, being at cinema, and experiences of the cinematic. While, such matters are situated at the intersection of public cultures, urban histories, material history of ci...

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Published in:South Asian History & Culture Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 93 - 108
Main Authors: Mukherjee, Madhuja, Bhaumik, Kaushik
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2025
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Summary:Drawing from our previous and individual researches, we aim to put the spotlight on 'film-event', thus study the act of going to cinema, being at cinema, and experiences of the cinematic. While, such matters are situated at the intersection of public cultures, urban histories, material history of cinema, technologies, capital flows as well as histories of migration, travel and traffic of the cinematic, we foreground new subjects of enquiry: single-screens, place, publics and the intensity of cinephilia, in India. The attempt here is to thicken history of cinema in India by examining our collective experiences at the site of cinema-halls.