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A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world’s largest film industry.
Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the 2000 year old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping Bombay Cinema, now coined Bollywood.
At the advent of the Indian cinema industry, it was taboo for Hindu and Islamic women to perform on-screen. With access to rare archival footage, this documentary tells its extraordinary tale through the lives of Indian cinema’s Jewish women who took upon the female lead roles and were at the heart of Bollywood from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.
Co-sponsored by Boston Jewish Film, this exciting evening begins with an Indian dinner and time to shmooze and concludes with a talkback.
Brought to you in partnership with Hadassah Brandeis Institute.
Dr. Bindu Malieckal is a Professor of Early Modern Studies and Postcolonial Literature at Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire. Her publications cover representations of Jews and Muslims in India, African-Indians, genocide, and women’s lives in history and literature. During the 2023-2024 academic year, Dr. Malieckal was the Donald and Mary Hyde Fellow at Harvard University’s Houghton Library, where she conducted research on early modern black lives. Dr. Malieckal is the recipient of a grant from the Israel Institute to teach her course “Israel, India, Jewish Women,” scheduled for Fall 2024. Dr. Malieckal is a Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute.
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