Note: this course has a mandatory movie night. You must sign up for
the movie night and the system will automatically put you in the
lecture.

In this course we will consider the meaning of religion in South
Asia using cinema as our lens.
Each week we will watch and discuss, in detail, one film.  Our broad
topics include partition, gender, myth, fundamentalism, and the
diaspora.  We will come to know a range of views on religion and its
role in the lives of South Asians through film produced in India,
Bangladesh and Pakistan, and our reading of critical articles for
each film.  The films include mythologicals, social commentary, and
Bollywood blockbusters, all of which have a great deal to tell us
about religion in South Asia.