Rap or Rapta?: Music and Dissent in Urban India

Join our CAH faculty fellow, Supurna Dasgupta for a screening of the celebrated Bollywood film, Gully Boy. At this movie scre ening we will witness how joyful music-making forms communities of dissent and solidarity in India. As we watch this film, we will think ab out how new forms of popular music can dissent against social inequality and injustice. What kinds of new men and women are shaped through these communities? Which global artistic networks do they align themselves with and how?0; At this movie screening we will witness how joyful music-making forms communities of dissent and solidarity in India. As we watch this film, we will think about how new forms of popular music can dissent agai nst social inequality and injustice. What kinds of new men and women are shaped through these communities? Which global artistic networks do they align themselves with and how?