ReFocus: The Films of Zoya Akhtar

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From her relatively small-scale feature debut Luck By Chance (2009) to her recent premieres of Gully Boy (2019) and Made in Heaven (2019) to local and global audiences via the Berlin Film Festival and Amazon Prime Streaming services, Zoya Akhtar has become a prominent figure representing change in Bollywood. As the first collection on Akhtar, this book examines how she is contributing to a shift in one of the world's leading film industries, and through analysis of her work explores the contradictions and possibilities of the present moment in Bollywood.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-05-31
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt402 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReFocus: The International Directors Series
Antal sidor256
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474476423

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Aakshi Magazine is a writer and academic based in India. She received her PhD in Film Studies from the University of St Andrews in 2020. Her doctoral thesis, The 1950s Hindi film song: Between transgression and memory, is on the relationship of the film song to the contradictions of the Indian nationalist discourse. She has published several journal articles, a book chapter and film criticism in popular publications. Amber Shields received her PhD in Film Studies from the University of St Andrews where she focused on how fantasy is used to tell stories of individual and collective trauma in films from around the world. She has taught Film and English courses at Mount Tamalpais College and currently works with nonprofits reimagining education and supporting the development of young leaders. She has published several journals articles and book chapters.

Introduction: Intersecting Industries - Aakshi Magazine and Amber Shields Section 1: Growing up Industry1. Loving but Critical: The Empathetic Gaze of Luck by Chance - Aakshi Magazine2. Relocating Bollywood: Gully Boy and the New Ontologies of Film Music - Sangita Gopal3. New Forms, New Stories: Zoya Akhtar’s Short Films - Amber Shields 4. Zoya Akhtar as a Screenwriter: Making Niche the New Mainstream - Vyoma JhaSection 2: Reworking Bollywood Themes5. The Heterotopia of Family Relationship in Dil Dhadakne Do - Debnita Chakravarti6. Sabka Time Aayega: Language and Identity in Gully Boy - Kamayani Sharma7. Homosexual Love: He is also Made in Heaven - Iqra Shagufta CheemaSection 3: A New Era of Gendered Politics8. Conflicted and Confused: The Changing Complexity of Masculinity in Zoya Akhtar’s Films - Amber Shields 9. Señoritas at Work: Gendered Work, Aspiration and Leisure in the Films of Zoya Akhtar - Sharanya10. Self-made vs Self-respect: The Politics of Belonging in Zoya Akhtar’s Films - Vijeta KumarSection 4: The Word and the Screen11. Deconstructing the Perception of ‘The Elite Class Filmmaker’ – Critical Analysis of Popular Film Reviews of Zoya Akhtar’s Cinema - Ruchi Jaggi and Mudita Mishra12. The Final Word: An Interview with Zoya Akhtar - Aakshi Magazine and Amber Shields

Timely and engaging, ReFocus: The Films of Zoya Akhtar brings together a collection of essays that engage with Akhtar’s protean oeuvre, ranging from her star-driven Bollywood extravaganzas to her recent forays into more textured storytelling. These essays address Akhtar’s complex understanding of classed, gendered, and sexual subjectivities in India to her investments in the industry as a screenwriter and producer. What emerges through this anthology is not simply the portrait of a keenly observant artist/entrepreneur, but a snapshot of an industry undergoing enormous transformations.