Mike, I have list several helpful books below. Stephen Jain, Rikhab Dass The economic aspects of the film industry in India. Forward [by] S. Radhakrishnan Delhi, Atma Ram [1960] Oommen, M. A., 1932- Economics of film industry in India / by M.A. Oommen, K.V. Joseph Gurgaon : Academic Press, 1981 Kumar, K. Naresh Indian cinema : ebbs and tides / K. Naresh Kumar New Delhi : Har-Anand Publications, c1995 Indian cinema superbazaar / edited by Aruna Vasudev, Philippe Lenglet New Delhi : Vikas, c1983 Gokulsing, K. Moti Indian popular cinema : a narrative of cultural change / K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake Stoke on Trent : Trentham Books, 1998 Karanjia, B. K A many-splendoured cinema / B.K. Karanjia ; with a foreword by Narayana Menon Bombay : New Thacker's Fine Art Press, [1986?] Gaur, Madan, 1933- Other side of the coin; an intimate study of Indian film industry Bombay, Trimurti Prakashan; [distributed through Universal Book Service, Delhi, 1973] >A student of mine is having difficulty finding academic/critical writing on Bollywood films. This is outside my field and my searches have turned up little on the subject. Does anyone have any suggestions for books/essays my student could look at. > >Many thanks > >Mike Chopra-Gant >Media and Communications Dept >Goldsmiths >University of London. > >[log in to unmask] > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > Stephen O'Riordan Film & Video Library University of Calif. San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla Ca 92023-0175Q phone: (619) 534-7981 fax: (619) 534-0189 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/fvl/FVLPAGE.HTM ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu