Nationalist geopolitics and film tourism in India's Hindi cinema
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2016
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Pugsley, P.
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Tzioumakis, Y.
Molloy, C.
Molloy, C.
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The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics, 2016 / Tzioumakis, Y., Molloy, C. (ed./s), Ch.32, pp.398-408
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Peter C. Pugsley
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Over several decades Indian cinema has increasingly presented India as part of the global community through the use of foreign locations for its musical items, or even as the entire setting for films. As an example of Asian cinema, India’s Hindi-based, Bollywood films tend to highlight the transitory, mobile nature of its citizens (a familiar story to many Asian nations such as China, Malaysia and Singapore). Many Bollywood films present a cine-geography based on foreign landscapes (and cityscapes) that offer a visual distraction from the realities of urban and rural poverty in India. A recent Times of India article suggested that the weakening of the rupee caused a return to productions based solely in India, but this chapter suggests that financial considerations are only part of the story. The return to the homeland location is indicative of a new pride in the Indian nation where filmmakers are now keen to promote the nation's urban gentrification and recognition of the natural environment as a tourist drawcard. Thus, a new nationalist cine-geography has emerged that incorporates localised film tourism and replaces earlier desires for all things foreign.
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