Center for South Asia Weekly Lecture Series
"Melancholia and Melodrama: Approaching Indian Film History through Cinematic Lives of Devdas" Rini Bhattacharya Mehta (Assistant Professor, Comparative and World Literatures, University of Illinois)
Event Details
Date
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
What explains Indian cinema’s obsession with the story of Devdas? What are the links that connect the ‘Devdas theme’ to melodrama? These are some of the questions I hope to answer, and offer a historical grounding of Indian cinema’s emotional excesses.
Cost
Free
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