Apu and after: re-visiting Ray's cinema

Biswas, Moinak (ed.)

ISBN: 9781905422265, 1905422261

This collection takes a fresh look at the major films of Ray. Scholars from film studies, literary studies and social sciences read the director's work in the light of the recent research on Indian cinema and culture. This collection, arriving on the fiftieth anniversary of Pather Panchali, is one of the first to address Ray's work through the prism of contemporary critical theory.

A history of Indian literature, Vol.VI, Fasc 1: Musicological literature, by Emmie Te Nijenhuis, Series ed. by Jan Gonda

ISBN: 9789388540452, 938854045X

The writer has confined herself to a survey of those Sanskrit works on music and dance that have been published.

The art and culture of south-east Asia: a tribute to Late Dr. Mrs. Sharada Rani

Lokesh Chandra (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185179735, 8185179735

A volume dedicated to the many-splendoured culture of Indonesia with contributions by scholars from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Soviet Union, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States of America. It deals with music and magic, law and jurisprudence, visual performances and sculptural representations, text and temple, Saivism and Buddhism, poetry and cano...

The art of Bollywood: in collaboration with the National Film Archive of India

Devraj, Rajesh et al.

ISBN: 9783836521857, 3836521857

Since its inception in the second decade of the 20th century, the Bombay-based Indian film industry-Bollywood-has developed a unique visual language, articulared by the vivid hand-painted move posters that have since become highly-desirable collectors' items. This books digs deeper into the tradition, presenting the original art in its true glory-from seldom-seen posters to rare images of stree...

The art of costume design, foreword by Lord Richard Attenborough

Athaiya, Bhanu Rajopadhye

ISBN: 9788172239435, 8172239432

This is a classic work on the pioneering vision of a person who shaped the landmarks of Indian film costumes, set the fashion trend of the 1960s and 70s, and won Indian cinema the highest acclaim in the international arena.

The art of Kathakali

Pandeya, Gayanacharya Aninash C.

ISBN: 9788182904217, 8182904218

The art of tabla rhythm: essentials, tradition and creativity (with CD)

Saxena, Sudhir Kumar (1923-2007)

ISBN: 9788124603680, 8124603685

This authoritative work deals comprehensively with tabla rhythm, focusing on the performed art with an eye to its history and aesthetics.

The arts and crafts of Myanmar: the Indian Museum collection

Bhattacharya, Asok K

The collection, accumulated in about 100 years was mostly so long languishing in the secured reserves of the museum. The monograph introduces the objects in the following categories: sculpture, textile, lacquerwork, ceramics, metal-work, musical instruments and miscellaneous objects.

Theatres of India: a concise companion

Lal, Ananda (ed.)

ISBN: 9780195699173, 0195699173

Aryan invasion theory and Indian nationalism

Talageri, Shrikant G

ISBN: 9788185990026, 8185990026

History is a very potent subject. Politics can be, and very often is, based on it. A nation which forgets, or falsifies, or wilfully ignores, or glosses over the lessons of its history is a nation heading towards doom. And, conversely, when a nation is intended to be sent to its doom, a process of falsification of its history can be profitably launched.;Indian history, as it is formulated, taug...

Asha Bhosle: a musical biography

Bharatan, Raju

ISBN: 9789385827150, 9385827154

Asian dance: multiple levels

Vatsyayan, Kapila

ISBN: 9788188827237, 8188827231

The monograph offers, for the first time, a collection of path-breaking writings of Kapila Vatsyayan, published as research papers in various journals during the last fifty years.

Aspects of indian history: Prof. Ram Mohan Sinha commemoration volumes

Mishra, JP (ed.)

Aspects of Indian music

Aspects of speech in Vedic ritual

Dange, Sindhu S

ISBN: 9788173050787, 8173050783

Contents: (i) Speech and its aspects. (ii) Meters and their magic. (iii) Sampad-s of meters. (iv) Mystic utterances in the Vedic rituals. (v) Saman-s and lauds. (vi) Songs from secular tradition. (vii) Upamsu, Anirukta and Tusnim offerings. (viii) Vocal and instrumental music in the Vedic ritual.

Aural films, oral cultures: essays on cinema, from the early sound era

Mukherjee, Madhuja (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186954812, 8186954813

Avenues to beauty: eight essays in aesthetics

Sexena, SK

ISBN: 9788124605332, 8124605335

Baat niklegi toh phir

Saran, Sathya

ISBN: 9789351363828, 9351363821

First ever biography of the iconic ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh. ;

Badal Sircar: search for a language of theatre ed. by Kirti Jain for Natarang Pratishthan

ISBN: 9789383098965, 9383098961

Badal Sircar was one of the most significant modern playwrights of post Independence India. This book, through memoirs, interviews, essays, dialogues, reviews and notes by directors, traces, the life and theatre of this iconic but lonely figure, from different viewpoints, piecing together his relentless creative journey of more than six decades.

Bajanaama: a study of early Indian gramophone records

Sharma, AN

ISBN: 9789382001003, 938200100X

Balasaraswati: her art & life

Knight, Douglas M

ISBN: 9789380658810, 9380658818

An ultimate portrait of one of the great performing artists of the twentieth century.;