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	\| name = Cinema Cinema		\| name = Cinema Cinema
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	\| director = [[Krishna Shah]]		\| director = [[Krishna Shah]]
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	\| writer = [[Krishna Shah]]<br>[[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] (Hindi version)		\| writer = [[Krishna Shah]]<br>[[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] (Hindi version)
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = [[~~Amitabh Bachchan~~ ]]<br>[[~~Zeenat Aman~~]]<br>[[~~Dharmendra~~]]<br>[[~~Hema Malini~~]]		\| starring = [[Dharmendra]]<br>[[Amitabh Bachchan ]]<br>[[Hema Malini]]<br>[[Zeenat Aman]]
	\| music = [[Vijay Raghav Rao]]		\| music = [[Vijay Raghav Rao]]
	\| cinematography = [[K.K. Mahajan]]		\| cinematography = [[K.K. Mahajan]]
	\| editing = [[Amit Bose]]		\| editing = [[Amit Bose]]
	\| distributor =		\| distributor =
	\| released = {{film date\|1979\|06\|27\|India}}<br>October 1979 (US)		\| released = {{film date\|df=y\|1979\|06\|27\|India}}<br>October 1979 (US)
	\| runtime = 138 minutes		\| runtime = 138 minutes
	\| country = India		\| country = India
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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	''Cinema Cinema'' was released 27 July 1979 in India and October 1979 in the US. The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including [[~~Zeenat Aman~~]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[~~Dharmendra~~]], and [[~~Hema Malini~~]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Cinema-Cinema-1979-and-Film--918 \|title=Cinema Cinema (1979) and Film Hi Film (1983) - Two Rare, Lesser Known Attempts Made, Using Clippings of Many Released and Unreleased (Hindi) Films. \|publisher=Bobby Sing: Bobby Talks Cinema \|date=5 June 2012 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The narrative is staged to present the history of [[Hindi]]-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical [[Indian people\|Indian]] theatre audience of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2014/01/6636/interval-cinema-hall-screening-hindi-film-1970s/ \|title=Watch: Interval At a Cinema Hall in the 1970s, Screening a Hindi Film \|publisher=Cutting the Chai \|date=29 January 2014 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		''Cinema Cinema'' was released on 27 July 1979 in India and in October 1979 in the US. The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including [[Dharmendra]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Hema Malini]] and [[Zeenat Aman]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Cinema-Cinema-1979-and-Film--918 \|title=Cinema Cinema (1979) and Film Hi Film (1983) - Two Rare, Lesser Known Attempts Made, Using Clippings of Many Released and Unreleased (Hindi) Films. \|publisher=Bobby Sing: Bobby Talks Cinema \|date=5 June 2012 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The narrative is staged to present the history of [[Hindi]]-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical [[Indian people\|Indian]] theatre audience of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2014/01/6636/interval-cinema-hall-screening-hindi-film-1970s/ \|title=Watch: Interval At a Cinema Hall in the 1970s, Screening a Hindi Film \|publisher=Cutting the Chai \|date=29 January 2014 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

	Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded [[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while [[Parallel cinema\|Parallel Cinema]] veteran [[K.K. Mahajan]] provided the cinematography. [[Sony Music India]] would later release a ''Cinema Cinema'' soundtrack album, featuring [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Vanraj Bhatia]], and [[Sonali Bajpayee]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/63205732\|title=''Cinema Cinema'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) \|publisher=Deezer \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded [[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while [[Parallel cinema\|Parallel Cinema]] veteran [[K.K. Mahajan]] provided the cinematography. [[Sony Music India]] would later release a ''Cinema Cinema'' soundtrack album, featuring [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Vanraj Bhatia]], and [[Sonali Bajpayee]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/63205732\|title=''Cinema Cinema'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) \|publisher=Deezer \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{IMDb title\|0214591~~\|Cinema Cinema~~}}		* {{IMDb title\|0214591}}
	* [https://memsaabstory.com/2009/11/25/cinema-cinema-1979/ Casual analysis of ''Cinema Cinema'']		* [https://memsaabstory.com/2009/11/25/cinema-cinema-1979/ Casual analysis of ''Cinema Cinema'']

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	''Cinema Cinema'' was released 27 July 1979 in India and October 1979 in the US. The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Dharmendra]], and [[Hema Malini]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Cinema-Cinema-1979-and-Film--918 \|title=Cinema Cinema (1979) and Film Hi Film (1983) - Two Rare, Lesser Known Attempts Made, Using Clippings of Many Released and Unreleased (Hindi) Films. \|publisher=Bobby Sing: Bobby Talks Cinema \|date=5 June 2012 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The narrative is staged to present the history of [[Hindi]]-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical [[Indian people\|Indian]] theatre audience of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2014/01/6636/interval-cinema-hall-screening-hindi-film-1970s/ \|title=Watch: Interval At a Cinema Hall in the 1970s, Screening a Hindi Film \|publisher=Cutting the Chai \|date=29 January 2014 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		''Cinema Cinema'' was released 27 July 1979 in India and October 1979 in the US. The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Dharmendra]], and [[Hema Malini]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Cinema-Cinema-1979-and-Film--918 \|title=Cinema Cinema (1979) and Film Hi Film (1983) - Two Rare, Lesser Known Attempts Made, Using Clippings of Many Released and Unreleased (Hindi) Films. \|publisher=Bobby Sing: Bobby Talks Cinema \|date=5 June 2012 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The narrative is staged to present the history of [[Hindi]]-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical [[Indian people\|Indian]] theatre audience of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2014/01/6636/interval-cinema-hall-screening-hindi-film-1970s/ \|title=Watch: Interval At a Cinema Hall in the 1970s, Screening a Hindi Film \|publisher=Cutting the Chai \|date=29 January 2014 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

	Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded [[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while [[~~Parallel_cinema~~\|Parallel Cinema]] veteran [[K.K. Mahajan]] provided the cinematography. [[Sony Music India]] would later release a ''Cinema Cinema'' soundtrack album, featuring [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Vanraj Bhatia]], and [[Sonali Bajpayee]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/63205732\|title=''Cinema Cinema'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) \|publisher=Deezer \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded [[Kamleshwar (writer)\|Kamleshwar]] for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while [[Parallel cinema\|Parallel Cinema]] veteran [[K.K. Mahajan]] provided the cinematography. [[Sony Music India]] would later release a ''Cinema Cinema'' soundtrack album, featuring [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Vanraj Bhatia]], and [[Sonali Bajpayee]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/63205732\|title=''Cinema Cinema'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) \|publisher=Deezer \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

	==Reception==		==Reception==
	[[Uday Bhatia]] and [[Jai Arjun Singh]] of India's [[~~Mint_~~(newspaper)\|Mint]] found ''Cinema Cinema'' to have an "excellent [[Parallel Cinema]] pedigree,"<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/50-years-of-hindi-alternative-cinema-1556870638279.html \|title=50 Years of Hindi Alternative Cinema - 1979: Cinema Cinema (Krishna Shah) \|newspaper=Mint \|date=4 May 2019 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> while [[~~Time_Out_~~(magazine)\|Time Out]] London said the film "is not without interest as a helping of 'Madras Curry' (the staple [[Bombay]] diet of lavish melodramas packed to inordinate length with interminable songs, dances and comic interludes)."<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/cinema-cinema \|title=Film: Cinema Cinema \|magazine=Time Out \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		[[Uday Bhatia]] and [[Jai Arjun Singh]] of India's [[Mint (newspaper)\|Mint]] found ''Cinema Cinema'' to have an "excellent [[Parallel Cinema]] pedigree,"<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/50-years-of-hindi-alternative-cinema-1556870638279.html \|title=50 Years of Hindi Alternative Cinema - 1979: Cinema Cinema (Krishna Shah) \|newspaper=Mint \|date=4 May 2019 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> while [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]] London said the film "is not without interest as a helping of 'Madras Curry' (the staple [[Bombay]] diet of lavish melodramas packed to inordinate length with interminable songs, dances and comic interludes)."<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/cinema-cinema \|title=Film: Cinema Cinema \|magazine=Time Out \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

	In the book ''Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India,'' authors Rao and Mudgal singled-out ''Cinema Cinema's'' depiction of a 1970s-era theatre experience as a demonstration of audience abuse by Indian exhibitors of the time.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjduDwAAQBAJ&q=%22cinema+cinema%22+%22krishna+shah%22 \|title=Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India, edited by Shakuntala Rao, Vipul Mudgal \|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group - Routledge \|date=2017 \|isbn=9781315293790 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>		In the book ''Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India,'' authors Rao and Mudgal singled-out ''Cinema Cinema's'' depiction of a 1970s-era theatre experience as a demonstration of audience abuse by Indian exhibitors of the time.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjduDwAAQBAJ&q=%22cinema+cinema%22+%22krishna+shah%22 \|title=Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India, edited by Shakuntala Rao, Vipul Mudgal \|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group - Routledge \|date=2017 \|isbn=9781315293790 \|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

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| name = Cinema Cinema
| image =
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| caption =
| director = [[Krishna Shah]]
| producer = [[Bhupendra Shah]]
| writer = [[Krishna Shah]] [[Kamleshwar (writer)|Kamleshwar]] (Hindi version)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan ]] [[Zeenat Aman]] [[Dharmendra]] [[Hema Malini]]
| music = [[Vijay Raghav Rao]]
| cinematography = [[K.K. Mahajan]]
| editing = [[Amit Bose]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1979|06|27|India}} October 1979 (US)
| runtime = 138 minutes
| country = India
| language =
| budget =
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'''''Cinema Cinema''''' is a 1979 quasi-documentary of the [[Indian people|Indian]] film world ([[Bollywood]]), written and directed by [[Krishna Shah]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-10-16-sns-201310162122reedbusivarietyn1200732409-20131016-story.html |title=Krishna Shah, Director of ''Hard Rock Zombies,'' Dies at 75 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=16 October 2013 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The movie was Shah's fourth as feature film director, following the disastrous ''[[Shalimar (1978 film)|Shalimar]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2014/11/back-to-the-shalimar-i-ii/ |title=Rishi Majumder: Back to the ''Shalimar'' I & II |publisher=The Big Indian Picture |date=November 2014 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

==Overview==
''Cinema Cinema'' was released 27 July 1979 in India and October 1979 in the US. The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Dharmendra]], and [[Hema Malini]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Cinema-Cinema-1979-and-Film--918 |title=Cinema Cinema (1979) and Film Hi Film (1983) - Two Rare, Lesser Known Attempts Made, Using Clippings of Many Released and Unreleased (Hindi) Films. |publisher=Bobby Sing: Bobby Talks Cinema |date=5 June 2012 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The narrative is staged to present the history of [[Hindi]]-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical [[Indian people|Indian]] theatre audience of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2014/01/6636/interval-cinema-hall-screening-hindi-film-1970s/ |title=Watch: Interval At a Cinema Hall in the 1970s, Screening a Hindi Film |publisher=Cutting the Chai |date=29 January 2014 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded [[Kamleshwar (writer)|Kamleshwar]] for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while [[Parallel_cinema|Parallel Cinema]] veteran [[K.K. Mahajan]] provided the cinematography. [[Sony Music India]] would later release a ''Cinema Cinema'' soundtrack album, featuring [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Vanraj Bhatia]], and [[Sonali Bajpayee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/63205732|title=''Cinema Cinema'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |publisher=Deezer |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[Uday Bhatia]] and [[Jai Arjun Singh]] of India's [[Mint_(newspaper)|Mint]] found ''Cinema Cinema'' to have an "excellent [[Parallel Cinema]] pedigree,"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/50-years-of-hindi-alternative-cinema-1556870638279.html |title=50 Years of Hindi Alternative Cinema - 1979: Cinema Cinema (Krishna Shah) |newspaper=Mint |date=4 May 2019 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> while [[Time_Out_(magazine)|Time Out]] London said the film "is not without interest as a helping of 'Madras Curry' (the staple [[Bombay]] diet of lavish melodramas packed to inordinate length with interminable songs, dances and comic interludes)."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/cinema-cinema |title=Film: Cinema Cinema |magazine=Time Out |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

In the book ''Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India,'' authors Rao and Mudgal singled-out ''Cinema Cinema's'' depiction of a 1970s-era theatre experience as a demonstration of audience abuse by Indian exhibitors of the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjduDwAAQBAJ&q=%22cinema+cinema%22+%22krishna+shah%22 |title=Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India, edited by Shakuntala Rao, Vipul Mudgal |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group - Routledge |date=2017 |isbn=9781315293790 |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0214591|Cinema Cinema}}
* [https://memsaabstory.com/2009/11/25/cinema-cinema-1979/ Casual analysis of ''Cinema Cinema'']

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