[Reader-list] [Announcements] Book Release and Discussion at Sarai- 4th September 2009

[Mitoo Das]

IN THE TIME OF CELLULOID

Book release and discussion of two major books on Indian cinema:

Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid: from Bollywood to the Emergency, 
New Delhi, Tulika Books, 2009

S.V. Srinivas
Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema after NT Rama Rao, Delhi, Oxford 
University Press, 2009

The Sarai Programme is pleased to present a panel discussion on the 
occasion of the much-anticipated release of two major works of 
scholarship on Indian cinema. Ashish Rajadhyaksha and S.V. Srinivas will 
introduce their books, after which a panel discussion will address 
issues posed by their works for research in the field. Do join us for a 
significant event that will be of great interest to those working in the 
field of cultural history, film, media and visual culture studies, 
sociology and political studies.

Acknowledgements: Tulika Books, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, Delhi

Ashish Rajadhyaksha is at the Centre for the Study of Culture & Society. 
His publications include Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (1999) and 
Ritwik Ghatak: A Return to the Epic (1983).

S.V. Srinivas is at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society and 
coordinator of the Culture: Industries and Diversity in Asia (CIDASIA) 
research programme. He has been a leading resource person for the study 
of Telugu cinema, and his current interests include research into Asian 
film circuits and exhibition practices.

Panelists:
Ranjani Mazumdar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Madhava Prasad, English and Foreign Languages University
Ravi Vasudevan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies/Sarai

Chair:
Moinak Biswas, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University

 Venue:
 Seminar Room,
 Centre for the Study of Developing Societies,
 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054

Time: 5pm
Date: September 4, 2009


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Hope you will make yourself available for the event.

Mitoo Das
Programme Coordinator
Sarai, CSDS
29-Rajpur Road
Civil Lines
Delhi- 110 054
Email me at: mitoo at sarai.net
www.sarai.net

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