INDIAN CINEMA IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND

ASIAN/COMARTS 443

Course Description

India is home to one of the largest film industries in the world, Bollywood. Beyond Bollywood, India has a thriving film culture that caters to its many regional languages. Explore India's diverse, yet interconnected film and media cultures as well as the global resonances of Indian- and South-Asian-inflected media elsewhere. Examine questions of diasporic identity through media produced by the South Asian American community. Consider questions of genre, style and auteurship, ethnicity, decolonization, gender non-conformity, caste, settler colonialism, censorship and linguistic nationalism that shape cinematic discourses in the country and its intersection with South Asian diaspora in the United States.

Prerequisties

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.05

No change from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

45.45%

No change from Historical

Class Size

No change from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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