The Indian Film

327 Pages·1950·78.003 MB·English

by  Panna Shah

THE INDIAN FILM

THE INDIAN FILM
PANNA SHAH
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GREENWOOD PRESS, PUBLISHERS
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT
BOE.
5S 5: A] Perorary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
46) S heh, Panna.
The Indian film.
Reprint. Originally published: Bombay : Motion Pic-
ture Society of India, 1950.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral
~-Bombay University) under title: A social study of the
cinema in Bombay.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Moving-picture industry—India--Bombay. I. Title.
PN1993.5.18S5 1981 384".8 "0954 81-6268
ISBN 0-8371-3144-8 (1ib. bag.) AACR2

Published in November 1950 by I. K. Menon for the
Motion Picture Society of India.
Reprinted from an original copy in the collection of the
Library, State University College at Purchase, New York
Reprinted in 1981 by Greenwood Press
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To
MY FATHER
who, by his encouragement,
criticism and labour, has con-
tributed so much to this book.