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Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation
William Elison
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Description for Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation
Hardcover. The 1977 blockbuster "Amar Akbar Anthony" about the heroics of three Bombay brothers separated in childhood became a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of Indian popular culture. Beyond its comedy and camp is a potent vision of social harmony, but one that invites critique, as the authors show. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
A Bollywood blockbuster when it was released in 1977, Amar Akbar Anthony has become a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of Indian popular culture. Delighting audiences with its songs and madcap adventures, the film follows the heroics of three Bombay brothers separated in childhood from their parents and one another. Beyond the freewheeling comedy and camp, however, is a potent vision of social harmony, as the three protagonists, each raised in a different religion, discover they are true brothers in the end. William Elison, Christian Lee Novetzke, and Andy Rotman offer a sympathetic and layered interpretation of the ... Read more
A Bollywood blockbuster when it was released in 1977, Amar Akbar Anthony has become a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of Indian popular culture. Delighting audiences with its songs and madcap adventures, the film follows the heroics of three Bombay brothers separated in childhood from their parents and one another. Beyond the freewheeling comedy and camp, however, is a potent vision of social harmony, as the three protagonists, each raised in a different religion, discover they are true brothers in the end. William Elison, Christian Lee Novetzke, and Andy Rotman offer a sympathetic and layered interpretation of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674504486
SKU
V9780674504486
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About William Elison
William Elison is Senior Lecturer in Religion, Anthropology, and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College. Christian Lee Novetzke is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington. Andy Rotman is Professor of Religion at Smith College.
Reviews for Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation
Among the most in-depth books you'll read about a single Hindi film...Here is a scholarly work about a popular film that also tries to mimic something of the film's controlled lunacy, winking at itself every now and again.
Jai Arjun Singh The Hindu (03/12/2016) Lively and highly readable and, like the film itself, quite a zany offering
this book does something ... Read more
Jai Arjun Singh The Hindu (03/12/2016) Lively and highly readable and, like the film itself, quite a zany offering
this book does something ... Read more