Brought to Life by the Voice : Playback Singing and Cultural Politics in South India
To produce the song sequences that are central to Indian popular cinema, singers' voices are first recorded in the studio and then played back on the set to be lip-synced and danced to by actors and actresses as the visuals are filmed. Since the 1950s, playback singers have become revered celeb...
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Oakland
University of California Press
2021
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