Brought to Life by the Voice: Playback Singing and Cultural Politics in South India
(Part of the South Asia Across the Disciplines Series)
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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. 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 celebrities in their own right. Brought to Life by the Voice...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520377060
ISBN13:9780520377066
Release Date:June 2021
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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