{"product_id":"9789382381617","title":"Kumar Shahani: The Shock of Desire and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fifty-one essays compiled in this book were written over a forty-year period by India's leading independent filmmaker. They provide new insights into a turbulent era in modern India's cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough known primarily as a filmmaker, Kumar Shahani has taught, spoken and written on a variety of subjects over this period, that include the cinema, but also politics, aesthetics, history and psychoanalysis. In these essays Shahani addresses diverse political issues, aesthetic practice, questions of artistic freedom and censorship. There are also personal essays on filmmakers and artists including his teachers and colleagues. Shahani's often polemical positions, as they occur in several previously unpublished essays and presentations, are essential contributions to film and cultural histories of the Indian cinema as well as of the New Cinema worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a comprehensive introductory essay, \"Kumar Shahani Now,\" by Ashish Rajadhyaksha.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tulika Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061711421680,"sku":"9789382381617","price":32.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789382381617_p0.jpg?v=1763675431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789382381617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}