About the Book

Presenting a panoptic collection of essays transcribed from presentations made by numerous acclaimed filmmakers, cinema critics, and academics. This book aims to equip interested students with the tools and skills necessary to explore cinema as a serious subject of study as well as a flourishing art form. Cinema is an entertainment but it can mean so much more to those with the desire to learn. An art form that emerged from a history abounded with change, the essays explore the past and present of filmmaking with an inkling of what is to come. On that account, this book is recommended as an essential reading for students of film studies and film appreciation across schools, colleges, and universities, as well as for the public at large.

About the Author

Ruplekha Khullar taught philosophy at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various colleges of the University of Delhi and at the Department of Philosophy, South Campus, Delhi. She has retired and lives in Gurugram, NCR, India. Her areas of interest continue to encompass feminism, philosophy of law, philosophy of film and western analytic philosophy.

Sulagna Pal is currently pursuing her PhD in war ethics from the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, India. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. She has an MPhil degree in the area of environmental ethics. Ms Paul's areas of interest include ethics, meta-ethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, Buddhism, and philosophy of religion..