Title: Being & Becoming The Cinemas of Asia
Editor(s): Aruna Vasudev, Latika Padgaonkar, Rashmi Doraiswamy
Publisher: Macmillan India / 2002
Cinema in Asia began as a monumental adventure. It married fantasy and festivity, curiosity and fun; everywhere it was an awe-inspiring social event. It took no time for it to become a political tool to be discovered…. At the same time, it matured into an unrivalled form of artistic expression. And in all its multiple shapes that this book pays homage to the cinemas of Asia… in the many layers of life it unveils, in yet fundamental links that go beyond what is specific to every culture and in the intrinsic power of the cinematic art itself…