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The collection considers Indian cinema's widespread presence both within and outside the country and pays particular attention to regional cinemas such as Bhojpuri, Bengali, Malayalam, Manipuri, and Marathi. The volume also reflects on the changing dimensions of technology, aesthetics, and the archival impulse of film. The editors have included scholarship that discusses a range of films and film experiences, including commercial cinema, art cinema, and non-fiction film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven as scholarship on earlier decades of Indian cinema is challenged by the absence of documentation and films, the innovative archival and field work in this \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e extends from cinema in early twentieth century India to a historicised engagement with new technologies and contemporary cinematic practices. 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