Nation and Narration: Hindi Cinema and the Making and Remaking of National Consciousness

This book explores the complex relationship between Indian nationalism and Hindi cinema, examining how film serves as a crucial medium due to its visual narrative power and connections to traditional cultural forms including Parsi theatre, folk traditions, and mythological storytelling.

Goutam Karmakar is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, India. He is Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities, University of Cologne, Germany. In addition to these academic engagements and positions, he is also an honorary research associate at the Faculty of Arts and Design, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Karmakar’s research interests include Global South literary studies, postcolonial and decolonial studies, environmental studies and cultural studies. Karmakar is also a Series Editor for the Routledge book series South Asian Literature in Focus.

Pippa Catterall is Professor of History and Policy in the School of Humanities, University of Westminster, UK. She has published extensively on religious, political, constitutional, diplomatic, intelligence and media history.