"Bombay Horror: Cinema, Technology & Thrill in 1980s’ India" a talk by Shri Karthik Nair at Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 28th November 2014

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 28-11-2014 18:30:00 28-11-2014 20:00:00 68 "Bombay Horror: Cinema, Technology & Thrill in 1980s’ India" a talk by Shri Karthik Nair Event Page : http://goo.gl/sJq6gU Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : "Bombay Horror: Cinema, Technology and Thrill in 1980s’ India" a talk by Shri Karthik Nair, PhD. Candidate, Cinema Studies, New York University.

Indian cinema still remains identified with song-and-dance spectacles of love, marriage, and family. This talk will look into an 80s genre film cycle that is called Bombay Horror. Bombay Horror explodes mainstream conventions with tactile shocks and transgressions, featuring monsters that carry women off from bridal palanquins, killers who interrupt romantic songs and, curiously, ancient curses that strike childbearing women. This talk will focus on Purana 
Mandir/Ancient Temple (1984, Ramsay Brothers) the most commercially successful iteration of Bombay Horror.

Chair : Prof. Ranjani Mazumdar, Professor, Cinema Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 

Collaboration : American Institute of Indian Studies

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