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If you were asked to name the world’s largest film production industry, you would most likely answer that this is ‘Hollywood’. You would never guess that it is the Indian film industry that produces more films than any other country in the world. Whereas in the early years, Indian cinema was inspired by the old Indian epics (The Ramayana and The Mahabharata), over the last couple of decades Hollywood’s influence in terms of film-making and motifs have grown swiftly. This seminar will provide an introduction to Indian cinema from its early days of silent films up to the latest ‘Bollywood’ spectacles. We will investigate central issues in media studies by using Indian films as exemplary texts. A list of mandatory readings and films will be issued in the first session. Course material will either be placed in the Semesterapparat (IB), or made available in Moodle. |
