Bollywood Deities and Star Murtis: The Amitabh Bachchan Temple and Devotional Fandom in Indian Popular Culture
Shalini Kakar (IHC Research Fellow) Wednesday, March 14 / 3:00 pm 3041 Humanities and Social Sciences Building This lecture explored the devotional fandom centered around images of Bollywood film star Amitabh Bachchan in the Amitabh Bachchan Fan Association (ABFA) in Kolkata, India. Kakar investigated the ways...