Brought to life by the voice : playback singing and cultural politics in south India /

To produce the song sequences that are central to Indian popular cinema, singers' voices are first recorded in the studio and then played back on the set to be lip-synced and danced to by actors and actresses as the visuals are filmed. Since the 1950s, playback singers have become revered celeb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weidman, Amanda J., 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
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