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Class number:
3182
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Title: Intro to Popular Indian Cinema |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 4 |
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Available seats: 21 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
Schedule:
MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, HL - 121
M: 6:30PM-9:00PM, HHN - 105
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Instructor(s): Younger, James |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Art and Global Requirements |
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Note: This course fulfills the requirements of a post-1800 course/UVSJ/elective/additional literature or film course. |
Course Description:
The course provides an introduction to Indian cinema, with a focus on popular Hindi-language cinema from World War II to the present. For over 50 years Bollywood has dominated India's domestic market and made a huge impact in markets and cultures around the world: China and other Asian countries, the former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle East, Greece, and the diasporic audiences of the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and North America. Understanding the global popularity of Bollywood cinema requires a journey through the films into Indian aesthetics, culture, society and history, a journey that will provide you with a unique set of perspectives on the contemporary world. The course has a mandatory weekly evening screening. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a 200-level elective This course fulfills a film history elective requirement of the Film Studies major. |