Notes on Indian Popular Cinema

Philip Lutgendort has this wonderful site devoted to Indian fillums that provides a rare insightful glimpse into this amazing genre of filmmaking. What's really wonderful is the range of movies that Philip along with Corey Creekmur has reviewed in this site - it covers almost all the sub-genres of Indian cinema such as the purely romantic movies, the action movies, and of course the 'masala' movies. Who exactly is this Philip Lutgendort? An associate professor of Hindi and modern Indian studies at the University of Iowa!