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.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:South Asia Across the Disciplines Series
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