Features writings on the subject of cinema. This collection also includes studies of the work of five nations' film makers such as Adoor Gopalakrishna, Satyajit Ray, and Shyam Benegal. One of India's most influential film critics and film historians, Chidananda Das Gupta has been writing on cinema since 1946. He has been witness to and has written about almost every development in Indian cinema since Independence, including the film society movement which he initiated, the establishment of various institutions to facilitate ...
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Features writings on the subject of cinema. This collection also includes studies of the work of five nations' film makers such as Adoor Gopalakrishna, Satyajit Ray, and Shyam Benegal. One of India's most influential film critics and film historians, Chidananda Das Gupta has been writing on cinema since 1946. He has been witness to and has written about almost every development in Indian cinema since Independence, including the film society movement which he initiated, the establishment of various institutions to facilitate film-making like the FTII, the NFAI and the NFDC, the popularity of mainstream cinema and the rise of the New Indian Cinema, among others.Consistently erudite and engaging, Seeing Is Believing is a fascinating window to the journey of Indian cinema over the last six decades.
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