A Book Review Of Lights Camera War! : Fifty Indian War Movies 1950- 2020 By Rammesh
A Book Review Of Lights Camera War! : Fifty Indian War Movies 1950- 2020 Something interesting the book offers
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Publisher : Notion Press; 1st edition (30 April 2021)
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Rating: 4.5/5
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Paperback : 288 pages
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ISBN-10 : 1636335020
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ISBN-13 : 978-1636335025
Movies tend to have a deep impact on the life and thinking of people in India. It is especially true in the case of war movies that seem to fill the viewers with a deep sense of patriotism and inspire them to join the armed forces to serve the nation. It is perhaps, this fact that inspired author Rammesh to write the book Lights Camera War!: Fifty Indian War Movies 1950-2020.
Premise:
As the title of the book indicates, the author has analyzed 50 war movies in various languages of India that were made between 1950 and 2020. The book categorizes the movies according to:
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Conventional Wars and India
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Unconventional Wars, internal security operations and India
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Other Wars & Military Life
The author then goes on to provide comprehensive details of the movie, including the writer as well as director, in addition to the war on which it was based and the aspects that make it worthy of watching. He further analyzes the movie based on parameters like:
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Equipment used
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Locales
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The genuineness of ordnance and weapons used
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The genuineness of the war costumes
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The contribution of women community
After all these, he rates the movie on a range of 1 to 5.
Writing style:
I loved the writing style followed by the author. Especially the absence of grammatical errors and the immaculate manner in which the author penned down the book attracted me. The extensive research that the author done to produce this scholarly work shines through with his keen observations and detailed critique, and finer points of each movie. The author needs to get specifically applauded for how he has categorized the points to evaluate a war film. Readers can get a clear understanding of the hard work and effort to select each movie and dissect it with such precision and details.
Who Should Read It:
This is a must-read book for anyone who takes Indian cinema seriously. Be it the students of Indian films and studies, or it can be someone in love with war movies, this book is one that they must surely add to their collection.
Final Verdict:
This is a good book for people seeking detailed information about Indian war movies, and I give it 4.5/5. For me, it was altogether a different range of book I never came across before it. I would like to thank the author for coming up with such an interesting subject, which got overlooked by many.
‘I received a copy from Writersmelon in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.’
Lights Camera War! : Fifty Indian War Movies 1950 – 2020 by Rammesh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved the writing style followed by the author. Especially the absence of grammatical errors and the immaculate manner in which the author penned down the book attracted me. The extensive research that the author done to produce this scholarly work shines through with his keen observations and detailed critique, and finer points of each movie. The author needs to get specifically applauded for how he has categorized the points to evaluate a war film. Readers can get a clear understanding of the hard work and effort to select each movie and dissect it with such precision and details.
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Wowww. I didn’t even know there are so many war movies. That’s a really great idea for a book
The review is well structured. 4.5 stars so it must be good. Though I avoid war stories but may try it after your review.
Di I was going to pick this book up but felt really uneasy as I don’t know why this kind of book didn’t give me interest. But your review has proved me partially wrong and your final verdict kept me stunned.