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What types of 'Indianness' do popular Hindi films tend to project when addressing 'home' audiences; in what ways do these differ from the images of Indians abroad offered us, especially more recently, by these cultural mainstream products? In what kind of a transcultural relationship, moreover, do these films stand with regard to films about Indians like themselves, as created by diasporic filmmakers? In this lecture series, we will be looking at some of the most representative of these films, including mainstream popular Hindi productions like Purab aur Paschim (East and West), DDLJ (Braveheart Wins the Bride), Swades (Home), My Name is Khan; and related films made abroad like My Beautiful Laundrette, Bend it Like Beckham, Brick Lane and The Namesake. |
