Course Information
- 2024-25
- CFN214
- 5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), 3-Year LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M., Master's Programme in Public Policy
- III, IV, V
- Jul 2024
- Elective Course
This course provides a foundational introduction to film studies, with a focus on popular Indian cinema. Through an interdisciplinary approach and critical examination of the cinematic medium, it will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the unique form of Indian cinema, its role in shaping the Indian state, and constructing notions of Indianness- reflecting social and political changes, and contributing to cultural transformations in the popular imagination. Through a wide range of films and critical theories, we will analyse diverse identities such as rural-urban dynamics, secular-religious tensions, gender dynamics, and caste hierarchies and develop a critical framework to comprehend the state of contemporary India and its changing social fabric.
Standalone but can have many interesting intersections with other social science and humanities courses (such as history/ political thought/ sociology )being offered at NLS.
Have included some foundation readings and topics in Indian cinema studies that are taught across all film studies programs in the world.
Lectures, discussions, weekly written assignment portfolio, film screening, group presentations, and term paper.
