Development Team
Paper No. : Women, Media and Films Module : Actresses and Stardom Development Team Principal Investigator Prof. Sumita Parmar Allahabad University, Allahabad Paper Coordinator Prof. Sisir Basu Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Kurukshetra Content Writer Mr. Sudarshan Yadav, Assistant Professor Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi Content Reviewer Prof. Sisir Basu, BHU, Varanasi 1 Women, Media and Films Women’s Studies Actresses and Stardom Description of Module Subject Name Women’s Studies Paper Name Women, Media and Films Module Name/Title Actresses and Stardom Module Id Course – 10, Module - 34 Pre-requisites The reader is expected to have the knowledge of Bollywood. The kind of films made in India and different actors and actresses known in the media. They are also required to keep in their mind the time and the context in which different actresses appeared on-screen. Objectives To make the readers aware about the idea of stardom and star system. In doing so dominance of male actors in the film industry would be discussed. Further the cases of female stars with their prominence would be brought into notice of the reader. Keywords Actress, Star, Stardom, Star System, Positioning, Advertising, Product, USP, Box-office. Actresses and Stardom 1.0. Objectives This module is designed to familiarize you with the idea of Star and the Star system in the film industry. It would tell you about its origin in Hollywood and its extension to Bollywood. Since the focus of this module is on film actresses and their stardom, you will be introduced to the idea through different cases from different eras. After having studied this module you would be able to: • Define Star, Stardom and Star System; • Analyse the monopoly of male actors in the film industry; • Describe the appearance of different female actors in different eras; • Find out the film actresses and stardom in Bollywood at different times; and • Evaluate the appearance of Bollywood’s new female stars and whether they are able to give competition to the male actors.
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