LEADER 05445nam 2200493 450 001 9910818257303321 005 20230630212948.0 010 $a1-78938-399-4 010 $a1-78938-398-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7002700 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7002700 035 $a(CKB)23031096300041 035 $aEBL7002700 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7002700 035 $a(EXLCZ)9923031096300041 100 $a20230630d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBombay cinema's Islamicate histories /$fedited by Ira Bhaskar and Richard Allen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBristol, England :$cIntellect,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (442 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: Bhaskar, Ira Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd,c2022 9781789383973 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover -- Half Title -- Frontispiece -- Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Transliteration -- Part 1 Islamicate Histories -- 1 Passionate Refrains: The Theatricality of Urdu on the Parsi Stage -- Parsi pioneers and Urdu munshis -- Sight and sound in the urban playhouse -- Registers of Urdu -- ?gh? ?ashr and Yah?d? k? La?k? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 The Persian Mas?nav? Tradition and Bombay Cinema -- Appendix 1: Indian films -- Appendix 2: Iranian films -- Notes -- References -- 3 Reflections from Padmini's Palace: Women's Voices of Longing and Lament in the Sufi Romance and Shi.i Elegy -- The virahi.i in early modern Awadhi and Braj literature -- Inter-canonical connections and the Hindavi mars.iya -- The virahi.i in the age of literary reform -- Notes -- References -- 4 Situating the T.awa'if as a Poet: Nostalgia, Urdu Literary Cultures and Vernacular Modernity -- Urdu print culture and vernacular modernity -- Ta.kiras on women poets and t.awa'if poets -- The Urdu ghazal and the forgotten t.awa'if poets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Mughal Chronicles: Words, Images and the Gaps between Them -- Notes -- References -- 6 Justice, Love and the Creative Imagination in Mughal India -- Justice in Jahangir's memoir and paintings -- Legends of Jahangir's justice -- Jahangir's union with Nur Jahan -- Nur Jahan's rise to power -- Legend of romantic love -- Love and lex talionis -- Justice versus mercy: Sohrab Modi's Pukar -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The 'Muslim Presence' in Padmaavat -- What is Muslim presence? -- Karni Sena's Padmaavati -- Padmaavat's Muslims -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Cinenatic Forms -- 8 Alibaba's Open Sesame: Unravelling the Islamicate in Oriental Fantasy Films. 327 $aAlibaba (1937): Sadhona and Modhu Bose -- Alibaba (1940): Mehboob Khan -- Alibaba (1954): Homi Wadia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Textual, Musical and Sonic Journey of the Ghazal in Bombay Cinema -- The ghazal and the gramophone era -- Begum Akhtar and the ghazal -- The playback era and the ghazal in Bombay cinema -- The ma.fil-style ghazal -- The melancholic ghazal -- Notes -- References -- 10 The Sufi Sacred, the Qawwali and the Songs of Bombay Cinema -- Sufism: Philosophy, poetic idioms and musical performance -- Sufism and the qawwali in Bombay cinema -- Sufi idioms and Bollywood songs -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 Avoiding Urdu and the T..awa'if: Regendering Kathak Dance in Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje -- Love, hate and the Islamicate -- Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje -- Dance, gender and nationalism -- Screening the master narrative -- Notes -- References -- 12 The Poetics of Parda -- Veiling, looking and desire -- Veiling and mistaken identity -- Photography, cinema and parda -- Deconstructing parda -- Notes -- References -- 13 Transfigurations of the Star Body: Salman Khan and the Spectral Muslim -- The fame and notoriety of Salman Khan -- The rise of Salman Khan -- Salman Khan and the Muslim -- The early action films: Speaking to the exiled -- Transfigured body, transfigured landscape -- Conjurations of the star body -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Notes -- References -- 14 Terrorism, Conspiracy and Surveillance in Bombay's Urban Cinema -- The archive of memory -- Bombay's takeover in Black Friday -- The archaeology of the stereotype: Aamir -- The corridors of power in A Wednesday -- The technological uncanny -- Acknowlegdements -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aPopularly known as Bollywood, Bombay cinema conjures up song, dance and starry-eyed romance. 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