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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816833703321

Autore

Ghosh Tapan Kumar (Professor)

Titolo

Bollywood baddies [[electronic resource] ] : villains, vamps, and henchmen in Hindi cinema / / Tapan K. Ghosh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi ; ; Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2013

ISBN

81-321-1326-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/652

Soggetti

Villains in motion pictures

Femmes fatales in motion pictures

Motion pictures - India - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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!

Sommario/riassunto

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.