Index A Anand, Vijay, 94 Aadukalam, 239 The Anatomy of National Aag, 28, 33 Fantasy:Hawthorne, Utopia, and Aaj Tak, 210 Everyday Life (Lauren Berlant), Aamir, 13 230n5 aayega aanewala melody, 121–2, see also Andaz, 47, 190–1 Mangeshkar, Lata Anjali, 91 Abachetan, 86n18 antinomies of culinary, 225–8 Abhishapta Chambal (The Accursed Apsara Film & Television Producers Chambal), 22 Guild Awards, 176n32 Abraham, John, 165, 173n3, 213 Apte, Shanta, 52–4 acousmetre, notion of, 134n21 Arabian Nights, 141 action films, 165, 187, 192, 215, Aravindan, G, 244 231n25, 251n5 The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing action-masala film of 1980s, 12 Cultural Memory in the Americas Actress, 140 (Diana Taylor), 40n26 Advani, Nikhil, 237 archiving Bollywood, 218–21 ad world, Hindi film stars migration to, Arroyo, José, 258 97 Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory Agamavagisa, Krishnananda, 107, 109 (Alfred Gell), 37n10 Agneepath, 12, 172 Arundale, Rukmini, 144 Agyaat, 208 Asoka, 173n3 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, 210 Asperger’s syndrome, 93, see also My Ajnabee, 153 Name is Khan Akhtar, Farhan, 166, 169, 208–9 Athaiya, Bhanu, 48 Akhtar, Zoya, 209, 230n11 Auro, 93, 97, see also Bachchan, Ali, Imtiaz, 222 Amitabh; Paa Allen, Richard, 246 Aurora, Malaika, 216 alternative, sources of, 242–46 Australia, 255 always-graphic image, 25 Avatar, 266n1 Aman, Zeenat, 17n20, 23, 57–8, 152–4 avatars, 259–60 Amar Akbar Anthony, 193 Awara, 47 Amar Jyoti (The Immortal Flame), 141 Aya Toofan (The Typhoon), 144 American Idol, 185 An American in Paris, 220 B Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar baaghi (rebel), 29 (Susmita Dasgupta), 193 Babi, Parveen, 17n20, 152–3 Amrapali, 218 Bachchan, Abhishek, 28, 59–60, 91, 215 Amrohi, Kamal, 13–14, 116, 118, 246 Bachchan, Amitabh, 3, 11, 22, 28, 33, analogical modulators, 26 37n2, 56, 91–2, 94–5, 158, 170, Anamika, 152 173n6, 174n15, 185, 192–4, 222 Anand, 7, 91, 93–6 Bachchan, Jaya, 22 Anand, Chetan, 150 baghi, 31 Anand, Dev, 94, 153, 158, 190 Bahujan Samaj Party, 40n28 279 280 Index Bakshi, Byomkesh, 67–8, 77, 79–83, see Bhosle, Asha, 158 also Kumar, Uttam; Ray, Satyajit Bhumika, 208 Balan, Vidya, 60, 64, 93 Bhuswarga Bhayankar (Peril in Paradise), Balwaan, 174n14 86n16 Bandh Darwaza, 8, 101–3, 105–6, 108, BigBoss TV show, 34, 173n6 111, 113 Big Brother, 173n6 bandhs, 41n33 Big Star Entertainment Awards, 176n32 Bandhyopadhya, Saradindu, 67 Billu, 181, 208 bandit king, 26–9 Bindu, 55 Bandit Queen, 23 Biswas, Moinak, 13, 236–51 bandits Black, 91–3, 95 enduring, 29–33 black magic, within Tantras, 109 potentiality in politics, 35–7 Black Mountain, 101, 103, 108 Banerjee, Dibakar, 209, 237 Bobby, 154 Banerjee, Maya, 141 Bodyguard, 160 Banjarans, 146 body montages, 162–3, 165–8 Banu, Saira, 192 Bollywood cinema Barthes, Roland, 25, 205 archiving of, 218–21 Barua, P.C., 190 consolidation of Bollywood model, Basu, Anustup, 9–10, 139–54, 262 206 Basu, Bipasha, 113 contemporary capitalist processes, 239 Basu Thakur, Gautam, 6 craze for rare disease films, 92 Baudrillard, Jean, 186, 214 desire for indexes, 207–8 Baxi, Upendra, 35 figurative energy, 14–15 Bayly, C.A., 58 figuring out new, 11–15 BBC Channel Four, 23 global viewership, 253 Bedi, Rajinder Singh, 96 institutional/industrial Bees Saal Baad, 8, 101, 117, 126–8, reorganizations, 207 133n11, 134n37, 221 masala, 14 Bend it Like Beckham, 253 Moulin Rouge! (see Moulin Rouge!) Benegal, Shyam, 13, 244 narcissism, 206 Benjamin, Walter, 186 novum, 228–9 Berkeley, Bugsby, 263 phenomenologizing, 212–21 Bhadhuri, Tarun, 22–3, 31 political economic considerations Bhaduri, Jaya, 23 interlacing with, 211 Bhaduri, Reeta, 23 stars, 11 Bhagwaan Dada, 168 Bombaiwali, 143 Bhakta Vidur (Saint Vidur), 49 Bombay cinema industry, 3, 229 Bhansali, Sanjay Leela, 91–2, 98, 170, erotic perception of male body in, 165 173n3, 175n26 fundamental alteration of, 47 Bharadwaj, Vishal, 13, 23, 38n8, 209, Hrithik effect on, 159 245 khadi importance in, 5 Bharti, Divya, 174n14 mediated stars in, 11 Bhaskar, Ira, 246 musclemen of, 161 Bhatkande, V. N., 144 romance with gothic, 117 Bhatt, Mahesh, 152 star body in contemporary, 158 Bhave, Acharya Vinoba, 22, 31, 35, tropes reincarnation, 132n4 40n22 Bombay Dreams, 212 Bhoodan, 40n22 Bombay Talkies, 140, 144 Bhoot, 112 Bonolokhhi teeth case, 80–1 Index 281 Bose, Nandana, 10–11, 158–72 Chatterjee, Soumitro, 91 Boyle, Danny, 14 Chattopadyay, Bankimchandra, 30 Brahmo Samaj, 110 Chetan Shyakra, 86n18 Brecht, Bertolt, 207, 224, 227 Chetna, 150, 153 Brenez, Nicole, 16n9 China: A Century of Revolution, 71 Brhat Tantrasara, 109 China Gate, 14, 264 Bride and Prejudice, 253 Chintu baba, see Kapoor, Rishi Britannia Glucose D biscuits, 37n1 Chion, Michel, 122 British Hammer films, 103 Chiriakhana (The Zoo), 6, 67, 74–5 Brojodas, Saradindu, 77 Chokher Bali, 75 Brooke, Arthur, 256 Chopra, Aditya, 209, 244 Brook, Peter, 259 Chopra, B.R., 153 Brosius, Christine, 37n2 Chopra, Prem, 131 Brosius, Melissa, 37n2 Chopra, Priyanka, 62 Bruno, Giuliana, 242 Chopra, Raj, 167 Byomkesh, Saradindu, 7, 68, 70, 74, Chopra, Yash, 153 76–8, 80–4 Chow, Rey, 228 chudails (witches), 102 C Cinema Girl, 140 Cancer awareness campaign, by cinema, Indian, generlization of, 4 filmstars, 97 cinema of attractions, concept of, Caravan, 152 172n1 Casanova Theater, 220 cinematic erotics, of male body, 166 celebrity, in contemporary media cinematic identifications, in politics, culture, 180 40n27 Celebrity Studies journal, 200n2 cinematic woman on-screen, 142 Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 5, 16n12 cinematic women, in Hindi films, 262 Chakravarty, Sumita S., 11–12, 179–99 Citizen Kane, 220 Chakravorty, Mithun, 174n15 civil disobedience, 51 Chambal: The Valley of Terror (1972), 23 classical Sanskrit hermeneutics, structure Chambal Valley, 22–3, 29, see also of, 222 Phoolan Devi clothes, stealing of audience’s journey infection of New Delhi, 36 into cinematic landscape, 46 looting treasure from Scindia College Girl, 140 government, 30 commodity production, 241 national embarrassment, 31 Company, 33, 208 padyatra (mission on foot) in, 31 congealed labour, 171 women dacoits emergence in, 31 contemporary Bollywood, 224, 231n17, “Chamma Chamma” song, in China 261 Gate, 14, 264–5 contemporary capitalism, nature of, Chandidas, 189 238 Chandralekha, 219 contemporary communication, 214 Chandra, Sarat, 192 contemporary Hindi/Indian cinema, 13, Chandravarkar, Leena, 219 92, 211, 239,242–44 Chaplin, Charlie, 192 display of generic definition, 261 charkhas, 50, 52 effect on international cinema, 254 Charulata, 70 contemporary multiplex tantric, 113 Chashme Buddoor, 17n23 Coolie, 192 Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra, 192 corruption, 48–9, 54–8, see also Khadi Chatterjee, Sarat Chandra, 193, 246 Cosmopolitan Picture, 142 282 Index costumes, 46 dharna, 41n33 distinction between dress and, 48 Dhobi Ghat, 13 drama, 45 Dhoom 2: Back in Action, 160, 162–3, Om Shanti Om (OSO)’s fetishization 169–70, 172, 175n30 of, 47 Dhrupad, 243 Rangeela, 47 Dhund, 153 Crash, 98 diagrammatic forms, 26 criminal anomaly, Phoolan Devi as, Diamond Queen, 141 36–7 Diana Taylor notes (DNA), 32, 40n26 cross-dressing, 174n15 of cultural memory, 219–21, 229 Cruise, Tom, 179 of motherhood, 220 Cyborg Manifesto, 17n26 Taylor’s notion of, 220–21 Cyril, Sabu, 220 DiCaprio, Leonardo, 256 Dil Chahta Hai, 208, 211, 236 D Diler Jigar (Gallant Hearts), 141 Dabangg, 12, 160 Dil Se, 45, 216 Daera, 14, 246–51 Dil To Pagal Hai, 195, 197 Daku Hasina, 23 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, 195, 244 dakus (bandit/dacoit), 4–5, 29–31 direct action, neo-Gandhian modes of, Damme, Claude Van, 161 41n33 “Dard-e-disco,” item number in OSO, Dixit, Madhuri, 173n6, 176n32 173, 213, 216, 222 Do Bigha Zamin, 119 Darna Zaroori Hai, 208 Dorson, Richard, 105 Dasgupta, Buddhadeb, 244 Dracula story, 101, see also Bandh Dastak, 153 Darwaza Dayal, Shekhar, 94 Dramatic Transformation Principle deacousmatization, 131 (DTP), 160 Debray, Regis, 183–5 Draupadi of Mahabharata, molestation Deccan Queen, 141 of, 29, 58 Deewar, 37n2, 56, 153, 192 Dream Girl, 46, 55, 215 Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor DreamWorks, 207 of the Negative (Michael Taussig), Dreamy Girl, 215 38n11 dress Deleuze, Gilles, 25–6, 242 costumes and, distinction between, 48 Delhi 6, 13 reform, 50 Delhi Belly, 13, 236–9 Dr. Madhurika, 140–1 Deol, Sunny, 158 Duniya Na Mane (The Unexpected), 52–4 Desai, Gurukant, 59, see also Bachchan, Duplicate, 181 Abhishek; Guru Dutt, Guru, 149, 246, 249 Desai, Manmohan, 229 Dutt, Sanjay, 16n2, 158, 160, 174n14 Desi Boyz, 173n3 Dutt, Sunil, 218 Devdas, 96, 99, 191 Dyer, Richard, 11 Devgn, Ajay, 159, 174n15 Devi, 70 E Devi Chaudhurani (Bankimchandra East Asian horror cinema, 127 Chattopadyay), 30 Eastwood, Clint, 180 Devi, Mahasweta, 82 Educated Wife, 140 D film, 33 electoral democracy, 35–6, see also Dharam Veer, 219 Phoolan Devi Dharmendra, 174n15, 194 elephant-taming, in Jodhaa Akbar, 163 Index 283 Elippathayam, 244 iconic possibilities harnessed by, 9 Elvis Presley of India, 159, see also positioned to control hierarchies, 48 Kapoor, Shammi problematic of figuration, 9 Emergency (1975–77), in India, 22, relevance in arena of parliamentary 37n2, 55–7, 94, 124, 152 politics, 9 Ethan character of Roshan, in Guzaarish, setting of fashion trends, 47 167–8, 172 Five Year Plan (FYP) hero, 123–6, 128–9 Euro-American film theory, 2 Fiza, 162, 175n30 euthanasia plea, by Roshan in Guzaarish, food crop production, success during 92, 99 Great Leap Forward, 70–1 Excel Entertainment, 208, see also Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation Akhtar, Farhan (Gilles Deleuze), 25 Frankfurt School, 184 F The Future of an