Madhuri Dixit - Film Stars

A wide-ranging account of the Indian film star Madhuri Dixit, one of the most popular actresses of Hindi cinema. Nandana Bose's study traces Dixit's twenty-five year career, exploring her star persona, her indelible impact on Indian popular culture, and her continuing popularity even in middle age. Nandana Bose discusses Dixit's unusual and distinctive career trajectory that upends pre-existing models of female stardom, by marrying at the peak of her career, withdrawing from the limelight for years, and then returning to extend her career into her early fifties by reinventing herself as a transmedia celebrity for a new generation. However, it is her unique talent as a dancer, and her innovative choreographic styles and repertoire of movements that make her standout from other Hindi film stars. Surveying Dixit's film-making career, Bose argues that she represents a wholesome and traditional figure of femininity that has resonated across class and cultural hierarchies at a time of great economic and social change in India.

ISBN:	9781844576296
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	BFI
Published date:	04 Apr 2019
DEWEY:	791.43028092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	144
Weight:	208g
Height:	136mm
Width:	189mm
Spine width:	9mm

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