Filming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens

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Filming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship through
the Cinematic Lens
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Contents
Introduction
Negotiating the Border
1 Genre Development in the Age of Markets and Nationalism: The War Film
2 Aggression and Transgression on the India-Pakistan Border
3 Borders and Border Crossings in Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara
Drawn Lines
4 Partition Literature and Films: Pinjar and Earth
5 ‘Millions of Daughters of Punjab Weep Today’: The Female Perspective in Partition Films
6 ‘Broken Memories, Incomplete Dreams’: Notes towards an ‘Authentic’ Partition Cinema
7 Partitioned Memories: The Trauma of Partition in Ghatak’s Films
Rapprochement
8 Defining a Non-Pakistan-centric Post-globalisation Self in Hindi Cinema 1996–2006
9 ‘Kaisi Sarhaden, Kaisi Majbooriyan’: Two Countries, Two Enemies, One Love Story
10 My Brother, My Enemy: Crossing the Line of Control through the Documentary
11 Fascist Imaginaries and Clandestine Critiques: Young Hindi Film Viewers Respond to Violence, Xenophobia and Love in Cross-border Romances
Interviews
12 Aijaz Gul on Cinema in Pakistan: History, Present Scenario and Future Prospects
13 Guftagu: M.S. Sathyu, Javed Akhtar, Mahesh Bhatt
Filmography
Bibliography
About the Editors
Notes on Contributors
Index