Bollywood baddies: villains, vamps, and henchmen in Hindi cinema
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Main Author: Ghosh, Tapan Kumar, (Professor) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi SAGE Publications 2013
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Knowing the baddies. Who are these villains? -- The baddies in action. The Fifties and Sixties -- Sholay and the Seventies -- The Eighties and after -- Empire of evil and the emperors -- That other self: the vamps -- The empire of evil: villains' henchmen -- Those dreadful men -- The unforgettable baddies -- The end!
Bollywood Baddies is the first-of-its-kind book-length narrative of villainy in Hindi films. It discusses villains, vamps, and henchmen of Bollywood cinema, and also the actors who essayed such characters over the decades. The author discusses not just villains but also the evaluation of villainous characters vis-à-vis sociopolitical conditions in the country. The narrative begins with Ashok Kumar's negative role in Kismet as early as 1943, and goes up to the Agneepath remake (2012), where Sanjay Dutt plays Kancha Cheena, earlier essayed by Danny Denzongpa in the original
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (pages cm.)
ISBN:1299585124
8132110978
8132113268
9781299585126
9788132110972
9788132113263

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