Seventy-five years back, at a cul-de-sac between tradition and modernity, Indian cinema pushed boundaries to devise new meanings out of life and via creative pursuits. Seventy-five years later, Indian cinema is at a brink to cross over to a post-modern vision of life. By exploring seventy-five films in the last seven decades, this book intends to echo the shift in India's socio-political condition as reflected in its fictional cinema. The trends are often not always clear, partly hidden and mostly dubious. Yet, In the films selected in this book, there are diverse experimentations with lyrics, music, dance, storyline, and cinematography. The essays In this book are not superficial film reviews, nor do they delve into strict theoretical mores. Rather, the essays suggest fresh approaches to viewing films, making correlations between cinema and other art forms, thereby providing critical Insights towards film awareness. Contrasting and dissimilar, the films celebrate the speckled mix of Indian diversity.