Free Seminar: Cinema Masala with Dr. Shilpa Parnami
Schedule
Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 11:00 am
UTC-05:00Location
Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA
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Masala films—celebrated for their melodrama, spectacular song-and-dance numbers, and larger-than-life narratives—raise key questions about Hindi cinema. Are they a genre or a style of filmmaking? Do their excesses serve purposes beyond entertainment? And what explains their popularity in India and around the world for more than a century? This one-hour session will include a brief presentation followed by an extended Q&A, inviting audience insights and discussion.
About Dr. Shilpa Parnami:
Dr. Shilpa Parnami coordinates the Hindi-Urdu program and teaches Hindi language, culture, and cinema courses at Boston University. She loves watching and analyzing Masala films and is excited to share the joy with the audience at Coolidge for the first time.
Our new monthly series "Cinema Masala" is dedicated to celebrating India’s vibrant film history and is curated in partnership with the acclaimed filmmaker and preservationist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the founding director of Film Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to preserving India's cinematic legacy.
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