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ISBN | 9781009151207 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2022 |
Bib. Info | xv,261p.; 24cm. Bibliography Includes Index. |
Product Weight | 500 gms. |
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Unearthing stories of the displaced persons who transformed Bombay and Lahore into national film hubs, Salma Siddique brilliantly refutes the notion that amnesia and silence characterised their film industries' response to partition. Delving into popular, archival and private records, Evacuee Cinema offers breathtaking insight into the frenetic world of film stars, crews, companies and theatres altering their creative trajectories to adapt to cataclysmic times. We owe a large debt of gratitude to Siddique for this riveting and immersive account of emigre film personnel whose paths crossed and recrossed the increasing political distance and hostilities between India and Pakistan during the long partition. An indispensable book that reminds us, powerfully, how two vibrant centres of film production were born from the work, life, privation and imagination of migrants and evacuees.' Priya Jaikumar, Author of Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space (2019)