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One of the great thinkers of Indian cinema, Javed Akhtar needs no introduction. As a screenplay writer, he and Salim Khan wrote the dialogue for blockbusters li

Is the universe infinite, or does it have an edge beyond which there is, quite literally, nothing? Do we live in the only possible universe? Why does it have on

Poet, lyricist and screenplay writer, Javed Akhtar is that rare individual celebrated in the diverse worlds of popular cinema and of literature and letters. Zan

Peter Larsen traces the history of music in film and discusses central theoretical questions concerning its narrative and psychological functions. He looks in d

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.