Sound in Indian Film and Audiovisual Media: History, Practices, and Production

__Sound in Indian Film and Audiovisual Media__ is the first ever systematic attempt to study film sound in the Indian subcontinent by artistic research. The book aims to fill the scholarly void on the issues of sound and listening in the Global Souths’ cultures. It develops a comprehensive understanding of the unique sound world of Indian film and audiovisual media through the examination of historical developments of sound from early optical recordings to contemporary digital audio technologies. The book is enriched with a practice-based methodology informed by the author’s own practice and based on extensive conversations with leading sound practitioners in the Indian subcontinent. The book locates an emerging social and spatial awareness in Indian film and media production aided by a creative practice of sound, occurring alongside the traditionally transcendental, oral, and pluriversal approach to listening. By tracing this confluence of tradition and modernity, the book makes valuable contributions to the fields of film history, sound, and media studies. This book is the first ever systematic attempt to study film sound in the Indian subcontinent by artistic research. The book aims to fill the scholarly void on the issues of sound and listening in the Global Souths’ cultures. It develops a comprehensive understanding of the unique sound world of Indian film and audiovisual media through the examination of historical developments of sound from early optical recordings to contemporary digital audio technologies. The book is enriched with a practice-based methodology informed by the author’s own practice and based on extensive conversations with leading sound practitioners in the Indian subcontinent. The book locates an emerging social and spatial awareness in Indian film and media production aided by a creative practice of sound, occurring alongside the traditionally transcendental, oral, and pluriversal approach to listening. By tracing this confluence of tradition and modernity, the book makes valuable contributions to the fields of film history, sound, and media studies. Cover Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Technological Frameworks 3. Direct Sound and Early Talkies 4. Sound of the Golden Age 5. Tracing the Sound in Satyajit Ray’s Film-works 6. Popular Films from the Dubbing Era 7. Parallel Sounds, Radical Listening – Part I 8. Sholay, Stereo Sound and the Auditory Spectacle 9. The Advent of Digital Sync Sound 10. The Surround Revolution 11. Sound in the Audiovisual Media Arts 12. Parallel Sounds, Radical Listening – Part II 13. A Concluding Voiceover Bibliography Filmography Index