Bollywood superstars: a short story of Indian cinema

Forewords / Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Hervé Barbaret, , Sandra Lagumina, Manuel Rabaté, Emmanuel Kasarhérou

Preface / Souraya Noujaim

History of pre-cinema devices and the birth of cinema ; The gods of the silver screen: from mythology to star system / Julien Rousseau and Hélène Kessous ; A kaleidoscope of mythological images / Amandine D'Azevedo ; Ravi Varma / Hélène Kessous ; Dadasaheb Phalke / Hélène Kessous

India in cinema ; Rajputs and Mughals in Bollywood: India's fantasised history / Ophélie Wiel ; Satyajit Ray: An alternative way of filming India / Eva Markovits

Aesthetic and commercial circulation ; Tamil cinema: Cult of actors and star system / Selvaraj Velayutham ; Rajinikanth: The superstar from the global south / Swarnavel Eswaran ; From Bombay to Cairo, peace and war(s) for Hindi films / Némésis Srour ; Bollywood and its Orient factory: Oriental fantasy films / Némésis Srour ; Bollywood and the Indian contemporary scene / Jeanne Rethacker

Annexes ; Selected biographies of filmmakers and actors.