About this event
2025 marks the birth centenaries of two remarkable Indian filmmakers: Guru Dutt (1925-1964) and Ritwik Ghatak (1925-1976). Despite the shared year of their birth, it is hard to imagine two filmmakers more different from one another in their aesthetic sensibilities, political background and ideologies, professional success, and even the language of their films. Yet they share a commitment to melodrama as a political aesthetic. Our event aims to analyze global varieties of melodrama, using Dutt and Ghatak as points of orientation.
Date and time
Saturday, November 8
9am - 5:30pm CST
Location
Cobb Hall
5811 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 United States
#GuruDutt #RitwikGhatak #IndianCinema #FilmSymposium #ChicagoEvents #CinematicLegends #GlobalMelodrama #FilmAndMedia #ClassicIndianFilms #CinemaStudies
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- In person
2025 marks the birth centenaries of two remarkable Indian filmmakers: Guru Dutt (1925-1964) and Ritwik Ghatak (1925-1976). Despite the shared year of their birth, it is hard to imagine two filmmakers more different from one another in their aesthetic sensibilities, political background and ideologies, professional success, and even the language of their films. Yet they share a commitment to melodrama as a political aesthetic. Our event aims to analyze global varieties of melodrama, using Dutt and Ghatak as points of orientation.
Date and time
Saturday, November 8
9am - 5:30pm CST
Location
Cobb Hall
5811 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 United States
#GuruDutt #RitwikGhatak #IndianCinema #FilmSymposium #ChicagoEvents #CinematicLegends #GlobalMelodrama #FilmAndMedia #ClassicIndianFilms #CinemaStudies
