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It's Not All About Song and Dance: How the Natyashastra Informs Contemporary Bollywood

Kudva, Sonali S
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-1657
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556281429094399

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information.
The increasing popularity of Bollywood cinema and Indian culture is undeniable. However, despite its popularity, Bollywood cinema has not received much rigorous academic attention. This study intends to go some way to filling this research gap. First, a historical overview of Bollywood cinema is provided, followed by a description of the methodology (critical analysis) of this study, and a description of the findings in this exploratory qualitative study using the ancient Sanskrit treatise – the Natyashastra. Three films are used in the study, which seeks to examine whether popular Bollywood cinema continues to follow the dramaturgical tradition described in the Natyashastra. The conclusions are based on a critical analysis of the Natyashastra and the films used. This study is the first of its kind in how it relates the Natyashastra with Bollywood cinema and leads to interesting possibilities for the development of an indigenous theory to understand and analyze film in the future.
Stanley T. Wearden, PHD (Advisor)
LuEtt Hanson, PHD (Committee Member)
Yin Zhang, PHD (Committee Member)
Allen B. Whaley, PHD (Committee Member)
Marcello Fantoni, PHD (Committee Member)
240 p.
Communication; Film Studies; Information Science; Journalism; South Asian Studies
Bollywood; Natyashastra; critical analysis; Indian cinema; Film; Multiple Case Study method; Sholay; DDLJ; YJHD; Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge; Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani;

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  • Kudva, S. S. (2019). It's Not All About Song and Dance: How the Natyashastra Informs Contemporary Bollywood [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556281429094399

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kudva, Sonali. It's Not All About Song and Dance: How the Natyashastra Informs Contemporary Bollywood . 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556281429094399.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kudva, Sonali. "It's Not All About Song and Dance: How the Natyashastra Informs Contemporary Bollywood ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556281429094399

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