TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raghavendra,M.K.
TI  - Seduced by the familiar: narration and meaning in Indian popular cinema 
SN  - 9780199456307
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Motion pictures -- History
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - India
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-340) and index; CONTENTS: Introduction -- Narrative Convention and Form --  Indian Cinema Before 1947: In Search of a Definition --  The First Years of Independence: Birth of a Nation -- The  1950s and 1960s: The Idea of 'India' -- The 1970s:  Crosscurrents -- The Furious 1980s: Undermining the Nation  State -- Towards the New Millennium: The End of Conflict --   A Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Film Index --  General Index -- About the Author
N2  - This book looks at the seven decades of Indian social  history from the perspective of popular cinema
ER  -