Skip to main content
Intellect

Kennedy Center film series opens window on the world

Looking for an innovative way to escape the summer heat? Expand your world beginning Wednesday, July 1, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark building as the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies kicks off “Essential Bollywood—Kennedy Center Summer Film Series.”

The summer film series will open with a discussion by Professor Gideon Burton of the English Department, who will discuss the importance of Hindi cinema to help us better understand this window into Mumbai (Bombay). His discussion will be followed by a screening of "Mother India."

Bollywood produces around 900 films annually, making it the world’s top producer of cinematic entertainment—enjoyed from Africa to the former Soviet Union by a worldwide audience.

Watch Bollywood develop through 10 films presented through Summer Term 2009 as follows: July 1, Mother India; July 8, Mughal-E-Azam; July 10, Bobby; July 15, Amar Akbar Anthony; July 17, Umrao Jaan; July 22, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge; July 29, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai; 31 July, Devdas; Aug. 5, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai; Aug. 7, Bunty Aur Babli.

See more information at kennedy.byu.edu.

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires

July 01, 2025
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter

June 25, 2025
Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Geology meets history: BYU professor studies WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches

June 05, 2025
Eighty years after D-Day, BYU geologists uncover lingering WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches to study how history still shapes the coastline today.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=