Seeing Things: Spectral Materialities of Bombay Horror with Kartik Nair

Join us for a captivating discussion with film expert and author Kartik Nair, on his book “Seeing Things: The Archive of Bombay Horror.”

About the Topic: Kartik Nair's work delves into the world of 1980s Indian horror cinema, focusing on the iconic yet often overlooked films produced by the Ramsay Brothers and other filmmakers of the era. These movies brought to life soul-sucking witches, knife-wielding maniacs, and vampires cloaked in darkness, captivating audiences despite their sudden cuts, botched makeup effects, and continuity errors.

About Author: Kartik Nair is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University. He is currently at work on his first book, Seeing Things, which explores material infrastructures of film production, censorship, and circulation by examining their spectral traces in Indian horror films of the 1980s. He is a core editor of Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies. His research interests include cinematic infrastructures, genre cinemas, and visual space in film. Before joining Temple University, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Purchase College in the State University of New York from 2016-2018.

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Location: The event will be on the UC San Diego campus in the Mosaic Hall lobby and auditorium #113, located within the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Niehgborhood, in Sixth College. The venue neighbors the Jeannie Hall and is below the Craft Center, with the entrance open to the quad and signage above the entrance reading ""

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The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, part of the School of Arts and Humanities, serves as the university’s hub for creative and academic advancement in culture, music, theater, film and the arts. The center provides access and opportunity for UC San Diego students and scholars to pursue their passion in cinematics arts through research, scholarship, teaching, production and exhibition of film and moving-image arts. Established in 2021, the program honors the memory of aspiring filmmaker Suraj Israni, who pursued film as a way to inspire social change.

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