Film studies for your first show

Overall, however, this is one of those few texts which - despite the occasional knots of jargon-heavy writing and the text's volume - can be picked up for a bedside read or a casual metro ride

Film Studies: An Introduction

Author: Vebhuti Duggal, Bindu Menon, Spandan Bhattacharya

Publisher: Worldview Publications

Pages: 548

Price: Rs 1,300

The title, the format, even to some extent the content — the first look screams of a course book. But you will be mistaken to think Film Studies: An Introduction  belongs solely on a cinema major’s reading list.

If you have ever stared at a cinema screen and wondered how a two-dimensional surface could mimic vast planes and dizzying heights or make the grooves and textures on wooden boards and the folds and creases on velveteen sheets come alive, this is the book for you. If you