{"product_id":"cinema-and-the-indian-national-emergency","title":"Cinema and the Indian National Emergency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Indian National Emergency of 1975 to 1977, saw the suspension of civil liberties, increasing censorship,  and extra-judicial state control. It is recognised as one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of postcolonial India, and its socio-political consequences have been exhaustively studied. Despite this, the profound cinematic implications of this event have remained relatively unexplored.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book examines the strained relationship between the state and the Indian film industry during this 21 month period of political upheaval. Each of the essays, written from a broad range of critical perspectives, consider the various modes of state suppression adopted, from increasing levels of film censorship to police surveillance of film productions and exhibitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors analyse controversial films such as \u003ci\u003eAandhi \u003c\/i\u003e(1975) and \u003ci\u003eNasbandi \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), which were banned for the duration of the Emergency, and overtly political films such as \u003ci\u003eKissa Kursi Ka \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), the prints of which were permanently confiscated owing to the film’s criticisms of the state. They also consider the political and aesthetic dilemmas of state-sponsored films such as \u003ci\u003eAshadh Ka Ek Din \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), which was made to be explicitly apolitical and came to be known as a key work of New Indian Cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229992309080,"sku":"9781350371132","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350371132.jpg?v=1780390823","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cinema-and-the-indian-national-emergency","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}