Editor Contents G. P. Deshpande Managing Editor & Treasurer Romi Khosia Associate Editors Vivan Sundaram Indira Ghandrashekhar Chanchal Chauhan 5 • Of More Than a Certain Tendency in the Indian Cinema Ashish Rajadhyaksha Contributing Editors Prasanna 17 • The Linear and .the Displaced: Towards a Theatre Cinematic Self Identity Geeta Kapur Arun Khopkar Visual Arts Malini Bhattacharya Literature COLOUR, SOUND, MOVEMENT Neela Khopkar 27 • Introduction Music Arun Khopkar Anil Bhatti Book Reviews 28 • Another Science of Colour Advisory Editors 7. P. S. Uberoi Saeed Akhtar Mirza Mihir Bhattacharya 39 • Notes For An Aesthetic of Cinema Sound M. S. Sathyu Kumar Shahani Sudhir Patwardhan Kalpana Sahni 43 • Mobile Vision: Some Synoptic Comments P. Govinda Pillai Gulam mohammed Sheikh Prabhakar 36 • Ketan Mehta on Bhavni Bhavai ALTERNATE TRADITION Subscriptions Individual 63 • Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico! Rs 25.00/annum* A Discussion Institutions & Libraries 69 • On Solaris and Tarkovsky Rs 40.00/annum* Madan Gopal Singh *Rs 4.00 banking Charges if by cheque Contact: Subscription Manager Journal of Arts & Ideas 78-G Sujan Singh Park New Delhi 110003 Printed and Published by G. P. Deshpande at the Taj Services Ltd., Noida U P ^ARTSWEAS• Number 5