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Notes on an Uncontrolled Cinema

Call them cheap, trashy, pornographic, underground—C movies are a legitimate part of our filmic past, argues Ashim Ahluwalia. During his decade-long love affair with Indian-made exploitation cinema, he has found it to be not only deranged and scandalous but also accidentally lyrical and avant-gardist. 


/ Ashim Ahluwalia
Notes on an Uncontrolled Cinema
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