Behind the Scenes of Hindi Cinema: A Visual Journey through the Heart of Bollywood

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"Behind the Scenes of Hindi Cinema is an insightful journey into the complex worlds of fantasy and reality inhabited by creative artistes. India is a unique country that exists in multiple centuries simultaneously. This book unravels the various mysteries and contradictions embedded in our centuries-old tradition. (…) Using defined sections and relevant case studies, the authors analyse the emotional ingredients that form the essence of India and Indian cinema." (Excerpt from the Foreword by Amitabh Bachchan)

Behind the Scenes of Hindi Cinema explores the inner world of Bombay film, the best known of India’s movie industries. Many aspects of Hindi cinema are brought to life on the pages of this richly illustrated book – from its beginnings to the present day. The use of songs to advertise movies, the role of censorship, devotion to god and family: these subjects and many more are illuminated. It reveals the symbolism of the divine role models Radha–Krishna and Ram–Sita at the heart of the main protagonists in many films, and the passion of the people working behind the scenes. It examines the changing face of the nation’s enemies, the marriage scene, lyricists and playback singers, and it sheds light on Tamil cinema, which rivals the Hindi film industry in output and popularity. The book concludes with an analysis of the mass appeal of Hindi film beyond India’s borders and the recent embrace of the much-hyped ‘Bollywood’ phenomenon in the West.

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A Visual Journey without Much Substance.......2006-11-13

Beautiful pictures, arty design, but not much of substance in this book. Its really more of a pictorial history. This book gives very little insight into modern Hindi films. Living in India, and watching a number of Hindi films, I find they are a window into Indian mindset and worldview. And if you suspend your irony, some moments of silly fun. Too bad this book doesn't unlock more of the secrets of Bollywood.

The Best Book on Bollywood available.......2006-08-10

I took on the task of doing an extensive study of the modern Bollywood cinema, in comparison to the current atmosphere of South Asia/India

Of all the Bollywood books I read, this one was, by far, the best one available

The book showcases aspects and foundations of the Bollywood cinema genre, including the roles of villains, hereos, heroines, etc, and how each of them tie into the common dramatic themes and stories of Bollywood films

In addition, the book is filled with EXCELLENT pictures, giving great visual justification to every major point and argument

Lastly, it does a good job of referencing many Bollywood films, both new and classical, giving readers a good opportunity to go back and review those films, if need be

Overall, this book is advertised and marketed as a sensational fanbook of Bollywood, but from an intellectual and film scholar perspective, I would conclude that this is the best book on Bollywood that I have read and studied, both sensationally and intellectually

Thank you for reading and Happy Buying!!!!

the lively, colorful world of Bollywood.......2005-08-30

The heavily-illustrated work imparts the carnivalesque style of the now globally popular Bollywood films of India--the exotic, often extravagant, costumes, the promotional stunts, the common themes such as traditional morality and romance and marriage, the blaring music, the theater and constant motion and sense of anticipation and surprise. In the foreword, Amitabh Bachchan explains the Bollywood films are "inspired by epic and folk theatre." In the early days of the films, movie moguls would send messengers with drums to announce a film's opening; like Indian royalty in ages past would have bells and drums sounded to call the public for an announcement. The often collage-like visual material is so vivid and jumpy that it can override the text. But for ones looking for material on the making and promotion of Bollywood films, social and religious subjects reflected in them, their distribution in the global entertainment system, and the marginal, yet influential Tamil cinema, it's found in substantive chapters by different writers knowledgeable in these areas. A timely, unique work on the Bollywood films whose mixed, yet focused content mirrors the mixed elements and vitality of such films.

Cinema India: The Visual Culture of Hindi Film

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Gorgeously illustrated Oxford UP edition
Avoid! A "visual" book with four pages of color pictures!

Cinema India: The Visual Culture of Hindi Film
Rachel Dwyer , and Divia Patel
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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Gorgeously illustrated Oxford UP edition.......2004-01-05

Readable academic study of visual aspects of Indian cinema, with a terrific chapter on Bollywood movie posters, gorgeously illustrated on almost every page. Get the Oxford UP India edition. Informative, well researched and documented, and stunning to look at.

Avoid! A "visual" book with four pages of color pictures!.......2002-10-13

An extreme disappointment. While the subject deserves attention, this book contains only a few black and white photographs, and minimal color photos, the latter from only three to four movies! Written in sophmoric, academic tones, page after page of un-interesting text failed to give any insight whatsoever into an art form that populates more movie marquees than any other place in the world.
And for the over-the-top price, you could probably afford a trip to India to evaluate the topic yourself!

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These traditional carols and Christmas classics will work perfectly for any Holiday event, services, concerts and more. The CD has both demonstration and play-along tracks. Titles include: Gesu Bambino, O Holy Night, Angels Medley (Angels from the Realms of Glory, Angels We Have Heard on High), Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, Themes from The Nutcracker Suite (Overture, March, Dance of the Suagarplum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers, Russian Dance-Trepak), Manger Medley (Away in a Manger (Cradle Song), Away in a Manger, Silent Night), Folk Carol Suite (Noel Nouvele, Masters in the Hall, Coventry Carol, O Du Frohliche/Echo Carol, Infant Holy, Infant Holy, Celebration Medley (Hallelujah Chorus, Joy to the World)

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·50 more Sunday-size crosswords from the ever-popular Stanley Newman
·Contemporary crosswords featuring pop-culture references and current events
·Perfect for the Sunday solver

Random House Sunday Crosswords, Volume 3 (Stan Newman)

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Great puzzles for Sundays when not in New York

Random House Sunday Crosswords, Volume 3 (Stan Newman)
Stanley Newman
Manufacturer: Random House Puzzles & Games
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Release Date: 1997-07-29

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Crosswords which are less challenging than those found in The New York Times are the fastest growing segment of the crossword market. Volume three of the Random House Sunday Crosswords offers 50 Sunday-size crossword puzzles originally published in Newsday.

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Great puzzles for Sundays when not in New York.......2000-10-15

Vacationing in a cabin with no dictionary, I found this book both challenging but doable. When stuck on one puzzle, I found myself going to the next one but returning to previous puzzles and eventually solving them. My only problem was to hide the book from my husband and his mother, both who kept trying to do my puzzles.

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Reflecting the state of the art in the practice of experiential learning, Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach 8/e is teaching students general psychological principles and applying that knowledge to social and organizational situations. It teaches students to become continuous learners, capable of responding to demands for change and new skills throughout their career.

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boring.......2007-02-11

to me this book is very boring. it is supposedly going to help me in the life of business, but it seems geared more to psychology. my teacher thinks its the greatest book ever, but i think it sucks.

Fast Shipping.......2006-11-10

Million thanks, the item got right on time and in perfect conditions :)

Understanding Basic Human Behavior in the Workplace.......2006-09-26

"Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach" has rightfully earned its reputation as a practical applied OD Classic! While traditional primary and secondary education emphasize building mental libraries of `theoretical knowledge,' Osland, Kolb, and Rubin recognize that working professionals learn through applicable experiences that address real-world challenges--thus, `an experiential approach.' I have successfully used lessons from "Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach" during consulting engagements in both private and public sectors, in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and in graduate business education. Consistently, through `experiential approaches' as described in "Organizational Behavior", adults learn more useful lessons from their experiences, learn what their lessons mean, learn how to generalize their learning for other applicable situations, AND apply more of their learning when they are back on the job. Experiential learning goes beyond merely increasing knowledge and actually changes individual (and organizational) behavior.
I highly recommend "Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach" for everyone working to achieve results through other people--and also for anyone seeking to better understand themselves and how they interact with other people.

Great book!.......2005-11-29

This book is great. I bought it thinking that I'd use it just for my organizational behavior class and I was wrong. The group exercises will definitely come in handy in future group assignments and in the workplace.

Conditionof book.......2005-07-05

the book was in excellent condition as promised. I am quite pleased. this is my first experience with anyone other than books-a-million and barnes and noble. I had to wait a little longer to get the book but I will not use the other retailers ever again.

Experiential Approach to Organization Development, An (7th Edition)

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Experiential Approach to Organization Development, An (7th Edition)
Donald R. Brown , and Donald Harvey
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Thank you .......2007-02-01

This is my first time to order anything off of Amazon and it was a good experience.

Excellent Seller.......2006-03-20

I recommend this seller for more items. Seller was reliable and shipped product quickly. I would purchase more items from this seller. Plus, cost was low. :)

An Experiential Approach to Organization Development (6th Edition)

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Games, and more games!
Games, and more games!
It's a very helpful.

An Experiential Approach to Organization Development (6th Edition)
Don Harvey , and Donald R. Brown
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Games, and more games!.......2003-08-04

This book is nothing more than a collection of games. Practice must be based on theory. The authors' approach will not lead to lasting change.

Games, and more games!.......2003-08-04

This book is nothing more than a collection of games. Practice must be based on theory. The authors' approach will not lead to lasting change.

It's a very helpful........1999-03-03

I think this book is very available for lecturers and practicioners. I would like to know about some additional materials such as VIDEO CASES, Accumen personal computer softwate, and Louts 1-2-3 templates. Please give me the above information. I want to puchase these materials. sincerely yours.

Conversational Learning: An Experiential Approach to Knowledge Creation

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This is an extraordinary book, first of its kind

Conversational Learning: An Experiential Approach to Knowledge Creation
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Despite conflicting belief systems and other divisive problems, people can still learn from each other to create new knowledge. The medium is conversation. This challenging new book asserts that business conversations can be seen as social experiences through which we discover new ways of seeing the world, destroying the barriers between us. When this occurs, new knowledge can emerge or be developed. How can people learn from their differences, rather than be divided by them? One way is by creating conversational spaces--areas where conversation occurs. The authors show how such spaces are created, maintained, and enhanced, and how they are used to transform different interpretations and perspectives into new common understandings. With illustrations and case studies, the authors demonstrate the practical value of conversational learning in diverse organizational settings. Emphasis is shifted from techniques that are essentially insensitive to different contexts, attitudes, and beliefs, focusing instead on a theory of learning that is more social and interactive. This remarkable new source of explanatory theory validates an intensely pragmatic way to help organizations get people talking to one another, thereby advancing the well being of the organizations and those within them.

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This is an extraordinary book, first of its kind.......2006-10-21

Experiential learning is something we understand or should understand. We learn from experience and this has been well documented in prior work on experiential learning. Collaborative learning strategies, simulations, games, and apprenticeships are all about experience. In this groundbreaking book, the authors provide the first referenced text on conversation as learning. If you really want to understand the experience of learning in conversation, I highly encourage you the read this outstanding book. The authors provide specific case studies of the concepts that they provide and their work is well referenced. This is one of those books that I have a hundred or so references tabbed for regular use. I refer to this work on a regular basis. Very powerful.

Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential Approach

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human resourse
I have been using the 5th ed for ten years!

Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential Approach
A. B. Shani , and James Brownlee Lau
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Imaginization: New Mindsets for Seeing, Organizing, and Managing
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Core Concepts of Management

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The majority of the exercises, role playing simulations, and cases were developed in and for management training workshops. The cases themselves represent different industries and organizations around the globe with diverse size, product, service, and cultures. The experiential learning approach is used throughout the text, and there are multiple interactive teaching methods for each teaching module.

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human resourse.......2007-07-17

the book isn't that great to read, especially for a organizational behavior class. it doesn't really go in depth about certain things.

I have been using the 5th ed for ten years!.......2006-04-24

I took a bachelors course on Organizational Behavior from Dr. Shani at Cal Poly in 1996. Since then, I have used the book as a resource in graduate studies and in my team and leadership development work. The experiential learning method is a fantastic method that works especially well with teams. I highly recommend this paperback. I would rate this edition higher but have yet to see the updates. If it is anything like the fifth edition, you will not be disappointed.

Business and organizational communication: An experiential skill building approach

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Business and organizational communication: An experiential skill building approach
Nick Nykodym
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An Experiential Learning Approach to Employee Training Systems

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An Experiential Learning Approach to Employee Training Systems
Ronald R. Sims
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A pioneering contribution to the professional training literature, this book is designed to help trainers and human resource managers to more effectively manage training programs. The author develops a unified framework for the training function that combines a systems perspective with the experiential learning approach to training efforts. The result is a step-by-step guide to conducting key phases of any training program: pre-assessment, needs analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation. Sims focuses throughout on the principles of good training program design as well as on training for the development of certain pivotal skills, competency levels, and individual differences. No prior knowledge of training procedures and techniques is required to successfully use the concepts introduced. The author begins by addressing training systems in general and the increasing need for training within the context of global markets and competition. He then discusses how to determine training needs within the individual organization. Subsequent chapters address each phase of the training process in turn. Sims reveals the importance of completing a thorough job analysis before embarking on a training program, shows how to design training programs to fill specific skill and competency needs, and demonstrates how to establish training objectives and determine program content. The experiential learning model is introduced as a viable system for managing the learning process in training in three major areas: the selection of training methods, trainees, and trainers; the development of certain training environments which are more responsive to trainee and trainer learning styles; and the provision of several psychological contracting activities which can facilitate various phases of a training program. Finally, Sims offers a systems analysis approach to the planning, design, and conduct of training program evaluations that includes a thorough discussion of the training audit and cost-benefit techniques. Both the novice and experienced trainer will find this book a comprehensive yet practical guide to the employee training process.

Instructor's manual with tests and transparency masters [for] Fundamentals of organizational behavior: An experiential approach

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Instructor's manual with tests and transparency masters [for] Fundamentals of organizational behavior: An experiential approach
Peter P Dawson
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Organizational psychology: An experiential approach to organizational behavior (Prentice-Hall behavioral science in business series)

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Organizational psychology: An experiential approach to organizational behavior (Prentice-Hall behavioral science in business series)
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