[Reader-list] Call for papers on Contemporary Bollywood Directors

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Call for papers



Title:  Contemporary Bollywood Directors



 Contemporary Bollywood Directors is an edited volume mapping the
films and works of selected contemporary filmmakers from popular Hindi
cinema , or Bollywood.





We invite scholarly papers that will focus on major works, style and
themes of those Bollywood filmmakers who have attained critical and
commercial success during the past two decades, and while attempting
to make films within the commercial framework, have interrogated the
grammar and redefined the cinematic aesthetics. The filmmakers chosen
are those who have a sustained body of work s. Articles should not
just summarize their works but will provide a critical analysis of
their works, while grounded in cinematic and popular cultural
theories. Papers should aim at giving an insightful understanding of
how Bollywood cinema mirrors contemporary society, attitudes and
beliefs. Attention will also be paid to how various filmmakers treat
subjects such as gender issues, urban culture and social
discrepancies. The angle should be how influential these directors and
their works are in shaping our cinema.



Articles should be original , not published anywhere before, and
between 3000 and 5000 words. They should be rooted into an
understanding of film histories, film cultures and theories. All
articles will go through the peer-review process.



For more details, please contact: draysha at iitm.ac.in



Deadlines



Abstract in 300 words : 25 December 2014



Complete paper 3000-5000 words: 30 April  2015



Publisher: Sage, India

http://www.sagepub.in/home.nav



Aims and objectives:



In the past few years, Hindi cinema has become a major field of
enquiry for researchers and teachers across the globe. The aim of this
book is to provide the readers with an in-depth analysis of major
filmmakers currently working in Bollywood.  The volume posits the
following questions:



To what extent can selected filmmakers from Bollywood be termed as
“auteurs”? (At the same time writers should critique the auteur
theory)
What recurring themes, motifs and styles resonate through the works of
 these directors?
How far are the works of these directors informed by the forces of
liberalization and globalization?
What aspects of spectatorship and reception can be observed in these
films, against the backdrop of economic liberalization?


CONTENTS



(Tentative list)

Abbas Mustan
Abhishek Chaubey (taken)
Aditya Chopra  (taken)
Ashutosh Gowarikar (taken)
Anurag Kashyap (taken)
Balki
Dibakar Bannerjee (taken)
Farhan Akhtar(taken)
Farah Khan (taken)
Habib Faisel (taken)
Homi Adjania
Imtiaz Ali (taken)
Karan Johar (taken)
Madhur Bhandarkar (taken)
Mani Ratnam
Milan Luthria
Nagesh Kukunoor (taken)
Onir (taken)
Prakash Jha
Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (taken)
Rakesh Roshan (taken)
Rajkumar Hirani (taken)
Rajkumar Santoshi (taken)
Ram Gopal Verma (taken)
Rohit Shetty
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (taken)
Shimit Amin
Siddharth Anand
Sriram Raghavan
Sooraj Barjatya
Sudheer Mishra (taken)
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (taken)
Vishal (taken)
Zoya Akhtar (taken)


About the editors:



Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan is professor in the Department of Humanities,
IIT Madras. She has published several articles in the areas of
literature, popular culture and films studies in Indian and
international journals, including Routledge, University of Pittsburgh,
Oxford,  and Cambridge. Her most recent book is Postliberalization
Indian Novels in English. (London & NY: Anthem, 2013).



URL: http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/index.php/faculty/institute-faculty?id=13


Vimal Mohan John has a PhD in film studies from the Dept of Humanities
and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. He did  an extended fellowship that
was awarded to him by the department upon completion of his PhD. His
work concerns auteurial practices of film directors and how they
mediate gender, cultures and representations.



-- 
Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, PhD

Professor (Film Studies, Drama & Popular Culture)
Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai - 600036, India
cell :91 9444766000

Website: http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/index.php/faculty/institute-faculty?id=13
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