Life in India would not be the same without the exuberance
of cinema. Song and dance, melodrama, relevant messages - Indian films
have them all, and usually all together in one film! Many Indians
relate better to their screen favourites than to the people around.
Stars and superstars, hits and failures, outright commercial films
and the art genre of films - all are woven together in the Indian
mind as entertainment supreme. Let there be no doubt - we love our
film industry and are justly proud of it. Step out in India - the
chaiwallah (roadside teamaker) is as knowledgeable (and voluble)
as the most ardent film buff and there's no guarantee of who gets
to close the discussion!
SOURCE
So Many Cinemas.
Author - B.D. Garga
Publishers - Eminence Designs Private Limited.
Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema.
Author -Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen
Publishers -Oxford University Press.
