From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: Images of India in International Films of the 20th Century

by VijayaMulay (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $36.24

  Allowing us access to short films from the 1900s, British Durbar films, the precursors of the newsreel genre, and Empire adventure movies, this book explores Melies, Lumiere and Jean Renoir, moving on to the Raj films of the 80s and international cinema of the late 20th century. It traces the trajectory of changing images of India abroad.