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The Sound, The Fury, The Billions: How Indian Cinema Used Music and Melodrama to Conquer the Global Diaspora.

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If you want to understand Indian cinema — the wild, musical, emotional, hyper-expressive universe we now call “Bollywood you have to travel back more than a century.
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Contents

1-From Myth and Music to a Nation on Screen: How Indian Cinema Was Born and Found Its Two Souls

The story begins in 1913, in Mumbai (then Bombay), with a man who had a mustache, a dream, and absolutely no special effects budget

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2-From Masala Heroes to a Cinematic Galaxy: How Bollywood’s Big Bang Met India’s Many Films Worlds

The Rise of Bollywood’s Masala Formula: Angry Heroes, Big Songs, Bigger Spectacles

2-From Masala Heroes to a Cinematic Galaxy_ How Bollywood’s Big Bang Met India’s Many Films Worlds.mp4

3-From NRI Love Stories to Netflix Wars: How Indian Cinema Went Global And Now Fights for Its Soul

When India Went Global,   Not Just Bollywood: South Indian Cinema Goes Global

3-From NRI Love Stories to Netflix Wars_ How Indian Cinema Went Global And Now Fights for Its Soul.mp4