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| name = Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema
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| editor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Gulzar]]
* [[Govind Nihalani]]
* [[Saibal Chatterjee]]
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| country = India
| language = English
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| subject = [[Hindi cinema]]
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* Encyclopedia
* Film criticism
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| publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]
| publisher2 = [[Popular Prakashan]]
| published = 26 February 2003
| media_type = Print
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The '''''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema''''' is a 2003 film encyclopedia and criticism book that was edited by [[Gulzar]], [[Saibal Chatterjee]], and [[Govind Nihalani]], detailing the history of [[Bollywood]] from silent era to sound era.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09504120410513393/full/html |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |date=2004 |journal=[[Reference Services Review]] |last=Harrison |first=David |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=46–47 |doi=10.1108/09504120410513393 |issn=0950-4125 |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503062054/https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09504120410513393/full/html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The book was contributed by the former two along with [[Allan Amin]], Salim Arif, [[Shoma Chatterji]], Susmita Dasgupta, [[Veeru Devgan]], [[Bhaskar Ghose]], [[Arun Kaul]], [[Amir Ullah Khan]], [[Amit Khanna]], Lata Khubchandani, [[Akash Khurana]], [[Amita Malik]], Ramesh Meer, Suresh Naik, [[Anjum Rajabali]], K. S. Ramesh, [[Maithili Rao]], Firoze Rangoonwala, [[Sharmishta Roy]], [[Ratnottama Sengupta]], [[Bhawana Somaaya]], [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and [[Anil Zankar]].<ref name="book" /><sup>:xv–xx</sup>

Dubbed as the first encyclopedia on Bollywood, the book was announced by [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] in July 2002.<ref name="Putting">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/putting-reel-in-verse-really/article28402450.ece |title=Putting reel in verse, really! |date=17 March 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |last=Siddiqui |first=Rana A. |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503062100/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/putting-reel-in-verse-really/article28402450.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/quality-textbooks-planned-for-school-students/article27860885.ece |title=Quality textbooks planned for school students |date=30 July 2002 |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503062054/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/quality-textbooks-planned-for-school-students/article27860885.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the managing director Aalok Wadhwa, the purpose of the book was "to create exclusively Indian content that is not only informative and scholarly but also entertaining".<ref name="Putting" /> The ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema'', which was printed in [[Noida]], was subsequently released by the company in association with [[Popular Prakashan]] on 26 February 2003 in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="book" /><sup>:ii</sup><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030227/nation.htm |title=Nation |date=27 February 2003 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |location=Chandigarh, India |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213092530/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030227/nation.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> A critic from ''[[The Hindu]]'' described it as an "insightful study of Bollywood";<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/bollywood-calling/article28407493.ece |title=Bollywood calling |date=5 May 2003 |work=The Hindu |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503062053/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/bollywood-calling/article28407493.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Suresh Kohli from ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' called it a "wonderfully produced, expensive [[Coffee table book|coffee-table book]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030622/spectrum/book8.htm |title=Telling cinematic (un)truths |date=22 June 2003 |work=The Tribune |last=Kohli |first=Suresh |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=12 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112025200/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030622/spectrum/book8.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Encyclopaedia_of_Hindi_Cinema.html?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&redir_esc=y ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema''] on [[Google Books]]

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