<div>Hindi cinema is now taught in Berkeley, Cardiff, Manchester and other universities. Harshikaa Udasi on how Bollywood has stormed academic centres around the world
by Harshikka Udaasi
If you thought Bollywood to foreigners was all song and dance with zero intellectual value, think again. Shah Rukh Khan is not just that fabulous and difficult-to-source Mini Khan doll who finds pride of place in Austrian homes, nor is Kareena merely the dancing scion of the Kapoor clan. Bollywood has reached the academic centres of the western world with a serious study of Indian films now being part of the course curriculum in many reputed universities. What do you say about studying pure commercial Bollywood at the University of Manchester, University of California, Berkeley (UC, Berkeley) and Cardiff University!
Contribution of Hindi films
Just last year, a conference was held at Vienna University to recognise the contribution of popular Hindi cinema. Elaborate would be an understatement with a three-day international conference solely on
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by Harshikka Udaasi
If you thought Bollywood to foreigners was all song and dance with zero intellectual value, think again. Shah Rukh Khan is not just that fabulous and difficult-to-source Mini Khan doll who finds pride of place in Austrian homes, nor is Kareena merely the dancing scion of the Kapoor clan. Bollywood has reached the academic centres of the western world with a serious study of Indian films now being part of the course curriculum in many reputed universities. What do you say about studying pure commercial Bollywood at the University of Manchester, University of California, Berkeley (UC, Berkeley) and Cardiff University!
Contribution of Hindi films
Just last year, a conference was held at Vienna University to recognise the contribution of popular Hindi cinema. Elaborate would be an understatement with a three-day international conference solely on
More...