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date: 25 February 2021

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This article discusses the transformation of Indian cinema due to technological advances. It also describes some features of Indian media, such as film censorship. It shows that although a number of new technologies have been introduced in the country, the popularity of cinema has not waned. However, globalization has led to a change in the film industry, and representations of India in the Western media have also changed in the last ten years. The discussion looks at the policy and structure of the cinema industry, as well as the impact digital cinema technologies have on the production sector.

Keywords: Indian cinema, technological advances, Indian media, globalization, representations of India, digital cinema technologies, production sector

Manjunath Pendakur

Manjunath Pendakur is dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, Florida Atlantic University. He worked in the Indian film industry prior to emigrating to Canada. His research interests are in the political economy of communication, ethnography, critical cultural theory, and third world cinema. He has done field research in the United States, Canada, Africa, and India. His current work focuses on globalization of the U.S. and Indian film industries and public policy. Pendakur's publications include Citizenship and Participation in the Information Age (edited with Roma Harris, 2002), and Indian Popular Cinema: Industry, Ideology, and Consciousness (2003).

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