B.A. (Film, Television and New Media Production) Understanding Indian Contemporary Cinema Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the third year of the pre-NEP scheme, the one the University is still examining. Her Summer 2026 third-year timetable sets these papers under "(CBSGS) (60:40) (R-2019)", and the syllabus is the circular of 11 May 2017, item 4.129, in force from 2017-18. The University has not yet published a Semester V and VI syllabus under NEP 2020 for this degree, so if you began the course in 2024-25 or later, check with your college before revising from this year.
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Syllabus for Understanding Indian Contemporary Cinema
The University’s programme structure table sets this paper as a choice — "Aspects of Media Production (Set design, makeup, etc., line production, logistics, etc.) / Understanding Indian Contemporary Cinema" — and prints the syllabus below under the second of the two. Her own Summer 2026 timetable sets the second (paper 90310).
Syllabus
- Exploring the changing trends in Hindi Popular cinema in terms of storytelling, performances technological and production aspects. Emergence of Film Festivals as a mode of exhibition and the kind of films selected for such prestigious film festivals. Focus on the changing aesthetic trends of regional films, popular films and festival films. Looking at the emergence of digital media and internet being a source of exhibition for films.
Cut from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. (Film, Television and New Media Production), item 4.129 of the Academic Council meeting of May 11, 2017 (CBSGS (60:40)), in force from 2017-18. Wording, module numbering and reading lists are as printed there.
The complete syllabus
This subject is cut from one of the University circulars below. Open the document if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.