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Cultural Cosmopolitanism and the Bollywood: KANK and the Crucible of Culture | |
Author Name Dr.Chitra.P.M Gokulam, Chembukkav Thrissur-680020 Abstract Cosmopolitanism celebrates ‘universal community’ and ‘world citizenship’. It can be considered as something that conditions us to survive in a highly transitional world. Unlike globalisation, cosmopolitanism upholds an extended mentality towards societies that are transmuting themselves. Bollywood cinema has played a prominent part in transporting culture and ideas worldwide and thereby transforming the world boundaries as highly porous. This article is an in-depth analysis of how KANK has become a huge success in heralding and popularising cosmopolitanism in the sub-continent as well as in the diasporic communities.
KEYWORDS Bollywood; transnational cinema; cosmopolitanism; cinephilia; KANK; exoticism
Published On : 2021-11-30 Article Download : |