BIO

I am a sophomore from Chicago, IL pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Physiology and minoring in Spanish. This summer I am attending EMT school, and after graduation I hope to attend Physicians Associate school focusing on Emergency Medicine. Through UROP I had the opportunity to conduct research in the Department of Religion studying the way women are portrayed in Bollywood Films.

The Portrayal of Women in Female-directed Bollywood Films

Abstract

Bollywood films are a popular form of entertainment in India. However, what is often overlooked is the impact women directors have on the representation of women characters in their films. The purpose of this project is to analyse Bollywood films directed by women to determine number and quality of female characters using film coding. Film coding is done by carefully watching and marking every time we see specific things throughout the film. Then, we utilise our findings to determine the impact having a woman director has on the film.

Keywords: female bollywood films