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Index
A Anand, Vijay, 94
Aadukalam, 239 The Anatomy of National
Aag, 28, 33 Fantasy:Hawthorne, Utopia, and
Aaj Tak, 210 Everyday Life (Lauren Berlant),
Aamir, 13 230n5
aayega aanewala melody, 121–2, see also Andaz, 47, 190–1
Mangeshkar, Lata Anjali, 91
Abachetan, 86n18 antinomies of culinary, 225–8
Abhishapta Chambal (The Accursed Apsara Film & Television Producers
Chambal), 22 Guild Awards, 176n32
Abraham, John, 165, 173n3, 213 Apte, Shanta, 52–4
acousmetre, notion of, 134n21 Arabian Nights, 141
action films, 165, 187, 192, 215, Aravindan, G, 244
231n25, 251n5 The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing
action-masala film of 1980s, 12 Cultural Memory in the Americas
Actress, 140 (Diana Taylor), 40n26
Advani, Nikhil, 237 archiving Bollywood, 218–21
ad world, Hindi film stars migration to, Arroyo, José, 258
97 Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory
Agamavagisa, Krishnananda, 107, 109 (Alfred Gell), 37n10
Agneepath, 12, 172 Arundale, Rukmini, 144
Agyaat, 208 Asoka, 173n3
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, 210 Asperger’s syndrome, 93, see also My
Ajnabee, 153 Name is Khan
Akhtar, Farhan, 166, 169, 208–9 Athaiya, Bhanu, 48
Akhtar, Zoya, 209, 230n11 Auro, 93, 97, see also Bachchan,
Ali, Imtiaz, 222 Amitabh; Paa
Allen, Richard, 246 Aurora, Malaika, 216
alternative, sources of, 242–46 Australia, 255
always-graphic image, 25 Avatar, 266n1
Aman, Zeenat, 17n20, 23, 57–8, 152–4 avatars, 259–60
Amar Akbar Anthony, 193 Awara, 47
Amar Jyoti (The Immortal Flame), 141 Aya Toofan (The Typhoon), 144
American Idol, 185
An American in Paris, 220 B
Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar baaghi (rebel), 29
(Susmita Dasgupta), 193 Babi, Parveen, 17n20, 152–3
Amrapali, 218 Bachchan, Abhishek, 28, 59–60, 91, 215
Amrohi, Kamal, 13–14, 116, 118, 246 Bachchan, Amitabh, 3, 11, 22, 28, 33,
analogical modulators, 26 37n2, 56, 91–2, 94–5, 158, 170,
Anamika, 152 173n6, 174n15, 185, 192–4, 222
Anand, 7, 91, 93–6 Bachchan, Jaya, 22
Anand, Chetan, 150 baghi, 31
Anand, Dev, 94, 153, 158, 190 Bahujan Samaj Party, 40n28
279
280 Index
Bakshi, Byomkesh, 67–8, 77, 79–83, see Bhosle, Asha, 158
also Kumar, Uttam; Ray, Satyajit Bhumika, 208
Balan, Vidya, 60, 64, 93 Bhuswarga Bhayankar (Peril in Paradise),
Balwaan, 174n14 86n16
Bandh Darwaza, 8, 101–3, 105–6, 108, BigBoss TV show, 34, 173n6
111, 113 Big Brother, 173n6
bandhs, 41n33 Big Star Entertainment Awards, 176n32
Bandhyopadhya, Saradindu, 67 Billu, 181, 208
bandit king, 26–9 Bindu, 55
Bandit Queen, 23 Biswas, Moinak, 13, 236–51
bandits Black, 91–3, 95
enduring, 29–33 black magic, within Tantras, 109
potentiality in politics, 35–7 Black Mountain, 101, 103, 108
Banerjee, Dibakar, 209, 237 Bobby, 154
Banerjee, Maya, 141 Bodyguard, 160
Banjarans, 146 body montages, 162–3, 165–8
Banu, Saira, 192 Bollywood cinema
Barthes, Roland, 25, 205 archiving of, 218–21
Barua, P.C., 190 consolidation of Bollywood model,
Basu, Anustup, 9–10, 139–54, 262 206
Basu, Bipasha, 113 contemporary capitalist processes, 239
Basu Thakur, Gautam, 6 craze for rare disease films, 92
Baudrillard, Jean, 186, 214 desire for indexes, 207–8
Baxi, Upendra, 35 figurative energy, 14–15
Bayly, C.A., 58 figuring out new, 11–15
BBC Channel Four, 23 global viewership, 253
Bedi, Rajinder Singh, 96 institutional/industrial
Bees Saal Baad, 8, 101, 117, 126–8, reorganizations, 207
133n11, 134n37, 221 masala, 14
Bend it Like Beckham, 253 Moulin Rouge! (see Moulin Rouge!)
Benegal, Shyam, 13, 244 narcissism, 206
Benjamin, Walter, 186 novum, 228–9
Berkeley, Bugsby, 263 phenomenologizing, 212–21
Bhadhuri, Tarun, 22–3, 31 political economic considerations
Bhaduri, Jaya, 23 interlacing with, 211
Bhaduri, Reeta, 23 stars, 11
Bhagwaan Dada, 168 Bombaiwali, 143
Bhakta Vidur (Saint Vidur), 49 Bombay cinema industry, 3, 229
Bhansali, Sanjay Leela, 91–2, 98, 170, erotic perception of male body in, 165
173n3, 175n26 fundamental alteration of, 47
Bharadwaj, Vishal, 13, 23, 38n8, 209, Hrithik effect on, 159
245 khadi importance in, 5
Bharti, Divya, 174n14 mediated stars in, 11
Bhaskar, Ira, 246 musclemen of, 161
Bhatkande, V. N., 144 romance with gothic, 117
Bhatt, Mahesh, 152 star body in contemporary, 158
Bhave, Acharya Vinoba, 22, 31, 35, tropes reincarnation, 132n4
40n22 Bombay Dreams, 212
Bhoodan, 40n22 Bombay Talkies, 140, 144
Bhoot, 112 Bonolokhhi teeth case, 80–1
Index 281
Bose, Nandana, 10–11, 158–72 Chatterjee, Soumitro, 91
Boyle, Danny, 14 Chattopadyay, Bankimchandra, 30
Brahmo Samaj, 110 Chetan Shyakra, 86n18
Brecht, Bertolt, 207, 224, 227 Chetna, 150, 153
Brenez, Nicole, 16n9 China: A Century of Revolution, 71
Brhat Tantrasara, 109 China Gate, 14, 264
Bride and Prejudice, 253 Chintu baba, see Kapoor, Rishi
Britannia Glucose D biscuits, 37n1 Chion, Michel, 122
British Hammer films, 103 Chiriakhana (The Zoo), 6, 67, 74–5
Brojodas, Saradindu, 77 Chokher Bali, 75
Brooke, Arthur, 256 Chopra, Aditya, 209, 244
Brook, Peter, 259 Chopra, B.R., 153
Brosius, Christine, 37n2 Chopra, Prem, 131
Brosius, Melissa, 37n2 Chopra, Priyanka, 62
Bruno, Giuliana, 242 Chopra, Raj, 167
Byomkesh, Saradindu, 7, 68, 70, 74, Chopra, Yash, 153
76–8, 80–4 Chow, Rey, 228
chudails (witches), 102
C Cinema Girl, 140
Cancer awareness campaign, by cinema, Indian, generlization of, 4
filmstars, 97 cinema of attractions, concept of,
Caravan, 152 172n1
Casanova Theater, 220 cinematic erotics, of male body, 166
celebrity, in contemporary media cinematic identifications, in politics,
culture, 180 40n27
Celebrity Studies journal, 200n2 cinematic woman on-screen, 142
Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 5, 16n12 cinematic women, in Hindi films, 262
Chakravarty, Sumita S., 11–12, 179–99 Citizen Kane, 220
Chakravorty, Mithun, 174n15 civil disobedience, 51
Chambal: The Valley of Terror (1972), 23 classical Sanskrit hermeneutics, structure
Chambal Valley, 22–3, 29, see also of, 222
Phoolan Devi clothes, stealing of audience’s journey
infection of New Delhi, 36 into cinematic landscape, 46
looting treasure from Scindia College Girl, 140
government, 30 commodity production, 241
national embarrassment, 31 Company, 33, 208
padyatra (mission on foot) in, 31 congealed labour, 171
women dacoits emergence in, 31 contemporary Bollywood, 224, 231n17,
“Chamma Chamma” song, in China 261
Gate, 14, 264–5 contemporary capitalism, nature of,
Chandidas, 189 238
Chandralekha, 219 contemporary communication, 214
Chandra, Sarat, 192 contemporary Hindi/Indian cinema, 13,
Chandravarkar, Leena, 219 92, 211, 239,242–44
Chaplin, Charlie, 192 display of generic definition, 261
charkhas, 50, 52 effect on international cinema, 254
Charulata, 70 contemporary multiplex tantric, 113
Chashme Buddoor, 17n23 Coolie, 192
Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra, 192 corruption, 48–9, 54–8, see also Khadi
Chatterjee, Sarat Chandra, 193, 246 Cosmopolitan Picture, 142
282 Index
costumes, 46 dharna, 41n33
distinction between dress and, 48 Dhobi Ghat, 13
drama, 45 Dhoom 2: Back in Action, 160, 162–3,
Om Shanti Om (OSO)’s fetishization 169–70, 172, 175n30
of, 47 Dhrupad, 243
Rangeela, 47 Dhund, 153
Crash, 98 diagrammatic forms, 26
criminal anomaly, Phoolan Devi as, Diamond Queen, 141
36–7 Diana Taylor notes (DNA), 32, 40n26
cross-dressing, 174n15 of cultural memory, 219–21, 229
Cruise, Tom, 179 of motherhood, 220
Cyborg Manifesto, 17n26 Taylor’s notion of, 220–21
Cyril, Sabu, 220 DiCaprio, Leonardo, 256
Dil Chahta Hai, 208, 211, 236
D Diler Jigar (Gallant Hearts), 141
Dabangg, 12, 160 Dil Se, 45, 216
Daera, 14, 246–51 Dil To Pagal Hai, 195, 197
Daku Hasina, 23 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, 195, 244
dakus (bandit/dacoit), 4–5, 29–31 direct action, neo-Gandhian modes of,
Damme, Claude Van, 161 41n33
“Dard-e-disco,” item number in OSO, Dixit, Madhuri, 173n6, 176n32
173, 213, 216, 222 Do Bigha Zamin, 119
Darna Zaroori Hai, 208 Dorson, Richard, 105
Dasgupta, Buddhadeb, 244 Dracula story, 101, see also Bandh
Dastak, 153 Darwaza
Dayal, Shekhar, 94 Dramatic Transformation Principle
deacousmatization, 131 (DTP), 160
Debray, Regis, 183–5 Draupadi of Mahabharata, molestation
Deccan Queen, 141 of, 29, 58
Deewar, 37n2, 56, 153, 192 Dream Girl, 46, 55, 215
Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor DreamWorks, 207
of the Negative (Michael Taussig), Dreamy Girl, 215
38n11 dress
Deleuze, Gilles, 25–6, 242 costumes and, distinction between, 48
Delhi 6, 13 reform, 50
Delhi Belly, 13, 236–9 Dr. Madhurika, 140–1
Deol, Sunny, 158 Duniya Na Mane (The Unexpected), 52–4
Desai, Gurukant, 59, see also Bachchan, Duplicate, 181
Abhishek; Guru Dutt, Guru, 149, 246, 249
Desai, Manmohan, 229 Dutt, Sanjay, 16n2, 158, 160, 174n14
Desi Boyz, 173n3 Dutt, Sunil, 218
Devdas, 96, 99, 191 Dyer, Richard, 11
Devgn, Ajay, 159, 174n15
Devi, 70 E
Devi Chaudhurani (Bankimchandra East Asian horror cinema, 127
Chattopadyay), 30 Eastwood, Clint, 180
Devi, Mahasweta, 82 Educated Wife, 140
D film, 33 electoral democracy, 35–6, see also
Dharam Veer, 219 Phoolan Devi
Dharmendra, 174n15, 194 elephant-taming, in Jodhaa Akbar, 163
Index 283
Elippathayam, 244 iconic possibilities harnessed by, 9
Elvis Presley of India, 159, see also positioned to control hierarchies, 48
Kapoor, Shammi problematic of figuration, 9
Emergency (1975–77), in India, 22, relevance in arena of parliamentary
37n2, 55–7, 94, 124, 152 politics, 9
Ethan character of Roshan, in Guzaarish, setting of fashion trends, 47
167–8, 172 Five Year Plan (FYP) hero, 123–6, 128–9
Euro-American film theory, 2 Fiza, 162, 175n30
euthanasia plea, by Roshan in Guzaarish, food crop production, success during
92, 99 Great Leap Forward, 70–1
Excel Entertainment, 208, see also Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
Akhtar, Farhan (Gilles Deleuze), 25
Frankfurt School, 184
F The Future of an Illusion, 85n10
Facebook, 181
Factory, 208 G
fakelore, 105 “Gabbar ki asli pasand,” television ad
Fashionable Wife, 140 for Britannia biscuits, 21
Fateh, 174n14 Gamdeni Gori (Village Girl), 142–3
female bandits, working in Chambal Gandhian patrimony, 144
Valley, 40n28 Gandhi, Indira, 31, 95
female figurations, 259, 262, see also Gandhi, Mahatma, 32, 40n22, 49, 51–2,
Moulin Rouge! 57–8, 63–4
female ghosts, 130, 133n11 Garbo, 180
female stardom, 155n3, 200n3 Garland, Judy, 180
female stars, meticulous archival study Geethanjali, 91
of 1930s and 1940s, 158 Gehrayee, 101
feminine, in Indian cinema generic mutations, 6–9
body of, 140 Gentleman Prefer Blondes, 263
woman-in-public in pre- geocultural unconscious, Bollywood,
independence, 140–4 223–4
feudal family romance, 144 gestures, 221–4
feudal foreclosure, of sex relation, 154 Ghai, Subhas, 215
feudal haveli, 119, 128–9 Ghajini, 13, 92, 173n3, 240
Feuer, Jane, 226 Ghatak, Ritwik, 4, 16n16, 221
fiendish tantrics, 109–10 gherao, 41n33
figural, notion of, 1, 3 Ghosh, Bishnupriya, 4–5, 21–37
figure of Bollywood ghosts
emergence of, 11–12 love in time of, 127–9
Filmfare award, 176n32, 198, 215, 223 voices, 121–7
filmic folklore, 113 Ghost World, 253
definition of, 105–7 Girlfriend, 174n14
offers lenses to interpret past, 105 global folklore, 103, 113
in Ramsay film, 102 Global Icons: Apertures to the Popular, 24
Filmistan, 140, 144 Global Indian Film & Television Awards,
Film Kraft company, 165 176n32
film’s publicity pamphlet, 143 globalization and designer sari, 58–64
film stars, Indian, 158 Gods in the Bazaar, 24
analysis of, 171 God Tussi Great Ho, 16n2
denizens of Bollywood firmament, 10 Golap Colony, 75–6, 85n15
284 Index
Google Earth, 25 Hindu revivalists, 111
Gopalakrishnan, Adoor, 13, 244 Hindustan Times, 221
Gothic film, Hindi, 8–9, 14 historical history, 259
Bombay cinema romance with, 117 Hobsbawn, Eric, 29
elements of, 116–17 Hollywood/Bollywood, 216
ghost film, 119 Hollywood cinema, 14, 92
regendering of, 129–32 absorption of national iconography, 15
relationship with horror films, 118 labor-intensive art form, 171–2
Govinda, 217 model of stardom, 9
GQ magazine, 168–9 musicals, 46
Great Leap Forward, 70 quasi-superhero from, 2
Grosz, Elizabeth, 25–6 Hollywood Movies, Luhrmann’s interview
Guddi, 13, 208 with, 261
Guha, Ranajit, 30 Holmes, Sherlock, 74
Gulaal, 209 Hood, Robin, 33
Gul-e-Bakavali (The Story of Bakavali), horror films in Hindi
141 by Ramsay brothers, 8
Gumnaam, 147 trishul (Shiva’s trident) use in films,
Gunasundari/Why Husbands Go Astray, 104
140 religious iconography in, 103–4
Gunga Jumna, 146 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Conan
Guru, 58–60, 64 Doyle), 126
Guzaarish, 91–2, 99, 164, 167–70, 172, Howrah Bridge, 146
175n26, 175n30, 176n32 Hum Aapke Hain Koun!, 219
Humjoli, 219
H hunger strikes, 41n33
The Hangover, 161 Hunterwali, 141
Hanste Zakham, 150, 153 Hurricane Hansa, 141
Haraway, Donna, 17n26
Hare Rama Hare Krishna, 153 I
haunted havelis (mansions), 103 iconoclasm, 24
haunted hero, figuring of, 120–1 iconophilia, 24
havelis (mansions), 103, 127 Ideology of the Hindi Film (Madhava
Hawa, 101 Prasad), 105
Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace), 144 3 Idiots, 7, 99, 236
Heavenly Bodies: Stars and Society I Hate Luv Storys, 208, 212
(Richard Dyer), 171 Imaan Dharam, 152
Hedge, Ganesh, 173n6 Image, Icon, Economy: the Byzantine
Helen, 9–10, 17n20, 124 Origins of the Contemporary
and Hindi feudal family romance, Imaginary (Marie-José Mondzain),
144–52 39n16
oriental looks of, 143 Imperial Film Studios, 62
unacknowledged daughters, 152–4 incorporative technology, 26
Hero Hiralal, 208 India: Definitive Images, 1858 to Present
Hey Ram, 58 (Prashant Panjiar), 40n25
Hindi Action Cinema: Industries, Indian Censor Board, 37n3
Narratives, Bodies (Valentina Indian cinema, see Bollywood cinema
Vitali), 173n2 Indian Emergency (1975–77), 22
Hindi commercial cinema, 10, 12, 15, Indianness, notion of, 106, see also
116–17, 120, 126, 128 Bandh Darwaza
Index 285
India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Kal Ho Na Ho, 237
Politics in an Era of Economic ka¯mini, 148
Reform (Leela Fernandes), 41n35 Kamini, in Mahal, 116, 120–3, 126–8,
Indira MA, 140 130–3
industrial reflexivity, 207–12 Kanchenjunga, 70
Inspector, 146 Kant, Immanuel, 150–1
international cosmopolitanism, 256 Kapadia, Dimple, 158
International Indian Film Academy Kapoor, Ayesha, 92
(IIFA) 2009, 159, 176n32 Kapoor, Om, 198, 212, 222
The Interpretation of Dreams, 71 Kapoor, Prithviraj, 190
An Introduction to Buddhist Esotericism Kapoor, Raj, 57–8, 119, 145, 154, 159,
(Benyotosh Bhattacharya), 109 164, 181, 190, 220, 229
Ishaan, 93, see also Safary, Darsheel; Kapoor, Ranbir, 173n3, 230n12
Taare Zameen Par Kapoor, Rishi, 44, 217
Ishra, Krishna, 33–4 Kapoor, Shahid, 213
Islamicate, 246 Kapoor, Shammi, 153, 158–60, 164–6,
The Italian (Ann Radcliff), 135n39 172, 173n4, 174n21
item girl concept, 213 Kapoor, Shashi, 57
item numbers, as homoerotic spectacle, Kapse, Anupama, 44–64
165–8 Kapur, Shekhar, 23–4, 32, 34
Iyer, Usha, 8, 101–14 Karan Arjun, 174n14
Izzat, 133n15 Karthik Calling Karthik, 92
Karz, 44, 215, 217, 221
J Kasbekar, Asha, 261–2
Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na, 210 Kashyap, Anurag, 209, 237–8, 251n3
Jadu Tona, 101 Kati Patang (The Severed Kite), 54–5
Jain, Kajri, 24, 38n2, 38n12 Kaul, Mani, 13, 242–3
Jai Santoshi Ma, 7 Kaun Banega Crorepati, 173n6
Jai Vijay, 218 Keller, Helen, 92
Jalsaghar, 70, see also Roy, Biswambar khaddar cap, 49–50
Jameson, Fredric, 238 Khadi, 54–8
Jana Aranya, 70 association with corruption, 48–9
Jayashree T., 218 cinema’s exploitation of, 50–1
Jay, Martin, 186 contribution of, 50
Jeetendra, 218–19 displacement of English
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, 173n6 manufacturers outfits, 49
Jism, 210 emergence as emblematic site for
Jodhaa Akbar, 162–3, 170, 172n1 cinema, 5
Johar, Karan, 12, 45, 47, 91, 93, 209, existence in Indian public life, 48
212, 237 Indian men dress, 50
Junglee, 149 provides Bombay cinema with
Just Dance, reality TV show, 160, 173n6 melodramatic shorthand, 5
tours and magic lantern exhibitions,
K 50
Kabir, Nasreen Munni, 181 women participation in promotion,
Kabli Khan, 144 52
Kagaaz ke Phool, 208 Khamoshi, 91–2, 99
Kahani Phoolvati Ki, 23 Khan, Aamir, 13, 91, 93, 95, 99, 173n3,
Kaho Na … Pyar Hai, 159, 166–7 174n15, 230n11, 236, 240
Kajri, 144 Khan, Amjad, 5, 22–3
286 Index
Khan, Farah, 45, 213, 216, 220–21 Kumar, Manoj, 124, 152–3, 232n26
Khanna, Rajesh, 51, 218 Kumar, Shanti, 253
Khan, Rizwan, 98 Kumar, Uttam, 6, 67
Khan, Saif Ali, 212
Khan, Salman, 158–61, 173n6, 174n14, L
221 Lacan, Jacques, 67, 71–3, 75, 84n1,
Khan, Shah Rukh (SRK), 11–12, 17n22, 85n11
44–5, 91, 93, 97, 169, 173n3, Laclau, Ernesto, 25
173n6, 174n19, 179, 212–13, Lage Raho Munna Bhai (LRMB), 61–2
see also Om Shanti Om (OSO) Lahu Ke Do Rang, 152
collaboration between Farah and, 216 Lajmi, Lalita, 98
conferences on stardom aspects of, Lakshminarayana, N., 91
158 Lalwani, Vijay, 92
con-figuration of, 182 Light (Himansu Rai), 51
fantasy of social mobility, 214 The Light of Asia (Himansu Rai), 44
and networked body, 194–6 Lim, Bliss Cua, 127
performances stretch, 181 literary history, 259
story of, 179 Lloyd-Webber, Andrew, 212
twins swap positions in Duplicate, 181 Lord Krishna, miracles in OMG film, 1–2
Kher, Kiron, 12, 220 Luck by Chance, 166, 169, 175n23,
Khooni Tantrik, 101 175n30, 208, 210
Khote, Durga, 141, 220 Luhrmann, Baz, 14, 254–6, 259
Khudai, 149
Kidman, Nicole, 256, 263 M
Kinder, Marsha, 258, 266n2 Macbeth, 245
kiss absence, in Hindi films, 144–5 Madam Fashion, 140
Kites, 161, 164, 172 Madhubala, 116, 134n19, 141
“Kitne adami the?” (How many men were Madhumati, 133n8, 193, 221
there?) dialogue, in Sholay, 21, Madhuri, 141
37n5 Madonna, 258, 263
Kodiyattam, 244 Madurai Cinema, 251n4
Kohinoor Film Company’s, 142 Madurai Extreme, 251n4
Kohra, 133n8 Mahagonny, 225–6
Koi Mil Gaya, 168, 174n21 mahahani karana (causing great ruin),
Kolkata Knight Riders, 181 109
Koppikar, Isha, 174n14 Mahal, 8, 14, 111, 116–19, 121–2,
Koshish, 91 125–8, 130, 132, 133n9, 134n30,
Krazzy 4, 165 135n41, 221
Krrish, 159, 162–3, 166, 170, 172, Mahanagar, 70
174n21 Mahmood, Talat, 246
Krrish 2, 173n5, 174n21 Main Hoon Na, 216
Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai, 237 Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon!,
Kulkarni, Mamta, 174n14 208
Kulkarni, Sonali, 212 Majumdar, Sushil, 74, see also Sen,
Kumar, Akshay, 1, 158–60, 165, 173n3, Nishanath
215 Makhija, Om, 212
Kumar, Ashok, 116, 120 male stardom, 45
Kumar, Dilip, 11, 96, 185, 190–2, 195, Malhotra, Manish, 45, 47, 62
199 Malhotra, Punit, 212
Kumari, Meena, 55, 141, 158, 246 Malini, Hema, 55, 215–16
Index 287
Mangeshkar, Lata, 55, 118, 121–7, Modern Times, 192
134n23, 158, 173n6 Mohabbat Man, 216, 223
Manoranjan, 153 Mojili Mumbai (The Slaves of Luxury), 143
Mao Monroe, Marilyn, 180, 263
Chinese farmers’ seeds collection for, Monsoon Wedding, 45
70–1 moral fiber, of nation, 48–54
gestural demand by farmers to, 72 Morgan, David, 24
Maqbool, 245–6 Mori, Barbara, 175n25
marana (killing), 109 Moses and Monotheism, 85n10
Martin, Adrian, 16n9 Mother India (1957), 46, 139
Martin, Catherine, 255 Mother India (Bharat Mata), 46, 139
Marx, Karl, 171 Mother India (book) (Katherine Mayo),
masculinity, concept of, 158, 164 38n4
masquerade, 161–5 Motilal, 190
Massumi, Brian, 25 Moulin Rouge!, 14, 254–62, 265–6, 267n3
Mast, 208 movie buffs, 22
“Material Girl” video, of Madonna, 264 Mr. Natwarlal, 48
Matondkar, Urmila, 47 MTV, 254, 258, 263
Mayawati, 40n28 Mughal-e-Azam, 217
Mayo, Katherine, 38n4 Mukerjee, Hrishikesh, 193
McGregor, Ewan, 256 Mukherjee, Hrishikesh, 13, 91, 96
McNally, Michelle, 92 Mukherjee, Rani, 64, 91–2
media convergence, 11, 15, 195, 200n2 Mukherjee, Sabyasachi, 63–4
mediation process, 183 Mulchandani, Sanjiv, 45
Media Worlds: Anthropology on New multiplex film, 237–8
Terrain (Brian Larkin), 39n12 Mulvey, Laura, 54
medium theory, 199n1 Mumbai Ni Mohini (Social Pirates/Night
“Meera Joota hai Japani” iconic song, Side of Bombay), 143
from Shri 420, 164 Mumtaz, 218
Mehboob Studios, 45, 220 Munshi, K. M., 144, 192
Mehra, Prakash, 229 Muqaddar ka Sikander, 193
Mehra, Rakeysh Omprakash, 230n11 Murugadoss, A. R., 92
Mehta, Deepa, 216 Muslim social film, 245–6
Memento, 240 mutable masculinity, 158, see also
Men’s Health magazine, 160, 173n5 Kapoor, Shammi
Mera Saaya, 133n5 mute forms of knowledge, 114
Meri Awaaz Suno, 153 My Name is Khan, 7, 91, 93, 96–7,
metaphysics of star body, 180–2 see also Khan, Rizwan; Khan, Shah
metropolitan multiplex, 237 Rukh (SRK)
MGR, Southern Indian star, 40n27 The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliff),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 259, 261 135n39
Mili, 7, 91, 94, 96, see also Dayal, Mythologies (Roland Barthes), 230n3
Shekhar
Minu, 60, see also Balan, Vidya; Guru N
Miss 1933, 140 Naach, 208
Miss Frontier Mail, 141 Naandi, 91
Mission Girl, 143 Nadia, 158
modern rationalistic Hinduism, 111 Naidu, Sarojini, 50
“The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre” naina barse rimjhim rimjhim song, by
essay, by Bertolt Brecht, 224 Lata Mangeshkhar, 124–5, 128
288 Index
Na Jaon Saiyan, 149 Other, in Ray’s films, 68–70
Namak Hallal, 153 overvaluation of bodies, 13
Namak Haram, 96
Nandy, Ashis, 4, 16n10 P
Naqaab, 133n5 Paa, 7, 91, 93, 96–7
Narayanan, K.R., 28 Paapi No Fej (The Debt of Sin), 142
Narayan, Jayaprash, 31, 35 Padoux, André, 107
Nargis, 55, 141, 158 Padukone, Deepika, 218
naturalism, 224, 238, 241–2 padyatra (mission on foot), in Chambal
NDTV, 210 Valley, 31
Neel Kamal, 133n5 Page 3, 208
“Nehru coat,” 50 Pagla Kahin Ka, 147
Nehru, Jawahar Lal, 50 paigam, 247, 249–50
Nevla, a tantric dracula, 101, 103, 106, Pakeezah, 14
113, see also Bandh Darwaza Paluskar, V. D., 144
New Age spiritual guru, tantric as, 112 Paranjpye, Sai, 91
New Wave, 229, 243–4 Paranjpye, Shakuntala, 52–4
Nijhawan, Amita, 266 Parekh, Asha, 55, 64
Nikumbh, 95, see also Khan, Aamir; Paruthiveeran, 239–40
Taare Zameen Par Patang (The Severed Kite), 54
Nolan, Christopher, 240 Pathak, Dina, 53
non-Hindi-language film, 6 Pather Panchali, 69–70, 191
No Smoking, 238 Patil, Smita, 158
NRI films, 254 patriarchal monopoly, of sexual
NTR, Southern Indian star, 40n27 pleasure, 145
Nutan, 141 Pawar, Lalita, 141
Pearce, Craig, 255
O Peepli (Live), 208, 210, 230n13
obscenity, 214, 224 Peirce, Charles Sanders, 25–6
OMG: Oh My God, 1–2 Peterson, Mark Allen, 103
Omkara, 23, 38n8 The Phantom of the Opera, 46, 221
Om Shanti Om (OSO), 11–12, 44, 57, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, 208, 210,
173n3, 181, 194, 196, 208, 210, 230n13
213, 221, 225–6, 229, see also Phoolan Devi, 5, 22–4, 27, 29, 31–4
Khan, Shah Rukh (SRK) as criminal anomaly, 36
celebrates civilizational notions of entry into politics, 35–7
femininity and romance even, external adversary, 35
215 violent death of, 37
customs designers, 45 Phoolan Devi Biraha, 32, 40n23
fetishization of costumes, 47 Phoonk, 112
glossy costume drama, 46 physical energy, India stages
memory of filmy motherhood in, 220 expenditure of, 237
mock voice-of-god, 46 physics of star body, 180–2
opening sequence on Karz sets, 217 Pikoor Diary, 70
stardom reflexivity, 196–8 The Pirate, 46, 219
Ong, Walter, 186 Pitt, Brad, 179
ontology of the image, 185 political figures, of cinema, 4–6
ordinary bodies on-screen, proliferation popular religiosity, 24
of, 238 postcolonial Gothic film, 132
Othello, 38n8 Prabhat film company, 52