Rachel Dwyer is a lecturer in Gujarati and Indian Studies at SOAS, University of London. Divia Patel is a curatorial assistant in the Indian and South-East Asian Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
written in a clear and accessible style ... It is also exceptionally well-illustrated ... In extending their analysis to extra-filmic discourses, Dwyer and Patel show how movie imagery permeates into the wider culture and society. Film International a most welcome book ... full of information and delightful illustrations of Hindi film stars and sets of major, even path-breaking productions, both in color and in black and white, that elicit nostalgic memories ... a must read for Hindi film fans and for students and scholars in film studies and visual studies Journal of Asian Studies a rich and substantive analysis ... informative and interesting Contemporary South Asia
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