[Reader-list] POINT OF VIEW: An International Rights Exhibition of Books on Indian Cinema (Towards Hundred Years of Indian Cinema)

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Date: February 25-March 4 2012 
Timings : 11am - 8pm 
Venue:Pragati Maidan,New Delhi 
Theme Pavilion: Hall 7E


In view of the immense response received to the concept of the Rights Exhibition, National Book Trust, India now brings to you
POINT OF VIEW: An International Rights Exhibition of Books on Indian Cinema (Towards Hundred Years of Indian Cinema). The
International Rights Exhibition of the books on Indian Cinema has twin purpose: first, it is aimed at showcasing and documenting



publications on Cinema in India by bringing out an Annotated Rights Catalogue and secondly, it seeks to bring into focus from
the perspective of the publishing industry the role and contribution of the Cinematic medium towards popular culture
as the centenary year celebrations of Indian Cinema approaches.It also gels with the objectives of National Action Plan for the
Readership Development among the Youth (NAPRDY) mooted by NBT, India which is ‘Bringing Youth and Books Closer.’
Indian Cinema can be credited for giving the contemporary Indian society modern folktales and folksongs. Generations after
generations identify with the multi-faceted dimensions of the celluloid world living and re-living intense moments of the
characters’ agony, ecstasy, passion and mission that linger in our minds and life like a musical leitmotif. But as the world of
writing can not contribute and enlighten the reader if it lacks a ‘point-of-view’, similarly the point of view that the moving
camera of the film director presents to the audience, both symbolically and concretely, distinguishes the good cinema from
the bad. 


With the hundred years of Indian Cinema approaching, the platform of New Delhi World Book Fair seeks to find a connect with the points-of view that the world of books and that of the cinema present to the reader as well as the audience who may be, many a time, one and the same. It
is also an attempt of the National Book Trust, India to find a better connection between the book culture and popular culture as part of its
efforts to address the reading needs of the contemporary generation. The images displayed in the Theme have been largely taken from books on display and have been selected from the perspective of demonstrating and emphasizing ones which have something to do with books—the act, joy and dilemmas of reading—in one way or the other. 


Books published in English and major Indian languages in their original language editions as well as translations on Indian cinema, actors,
actresses, directors, producers, music composers, lyricists and the vast array of known and unknown personalities who have enriched this powerful medium have been exhibited alongwith genres like film history, film criticism and studies, film production, screenplays and scripts etc.
At this Theme Pavilion you can buy a copy of the Rights Catalogue of the books on Indian Cinema especially brought out on the occasion. With
entries of more than 300 titles, it is an invaluable companion for film studies scholars, translators, editors, literary agents, directors, scriptwriters
and general readers alike.


And also enjoy and participate in the range of programmes happening here…



Download the complete program schedule from http://www.nbtindia.org.in/download/Feb2012/WBF/Theme.pdf