Hindi-Urdu Filmi Hindi
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
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Filmi Hindi
- What makes Hindi, Hindi and Urdu, Urdu?
- How does Hinglish work?
- Why does Hindi vary across space and time, and between speakers?
- Why is language so important in the creation of Bollywood characters?
Explore spoken Hindi creatively through Bollywood film and try your hand at writing a Filmi Hindi dialogue.
Filmi Hindi is an intensive course aimed at intermediate and advanced learners and speakers of Hindi and Urdu, running weekends and evenings from mid to late January 2009 at ANU House Melbourne, 52 Collins Street, VIC 3000. Filmi Hindi carries ANU undergraduate and postgraduate credit.
Course description
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore spoken Hindi creatively through Bollywood film. It carries ANU credit for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
The aim of Filmi Hindi is to explore social aspects of Hindi language use and to attempt to answer one key question:
Why is language so important in the creation of credible Bollywood characters?
Students will have an opportunity to create convincing Bollywood dialogues and scenes by tailoring what their characters say to reflect important social and circumstantial information, such as the background of speakers and addressees, as well as conversational settings, topics, and functions.
To get from here to there, Filmi Hindi investigates five broad sociolinguistic themes:
- The many voices of the Khans – Shahrukh, Amir and Salman: Why don’t all Bollywood characters speak the same way, and why does no one character speak the same way, all of the time?
- Gandhigiri… Munnabhai style: What’s the standard of Standard Hindi?
- Jodhaa versus Akbar?: What makes Hindi, Hindi and Urdu, Urdu?
- Jab we met ...: How does Hinglish work?
- From Amitabh to Abhishek...: How has language use changed throughout the history of Hindi film?
Course dates and times
Lecture Schedule
| Friday 16 Jan 2009 | 6.00pm-9.00pm |
| Saturday 17 Jan 2009 | 10.00am-5.00pm (1 hour break for lunch) |
| Sunday 18 Jan 2009 | 10:00am-1.00pm |
| Friday 23 Jan 2009 | 6.00pm-9.00pm |
| Saturday 24 Jan 2009 | 10.00am-5.00pm (1 hour break for lunch) |
| Sunday 25 Jan 2009 | 10.00am-1.00pm |
| Saturday 31 Jan 2009 | 10.00am-5.00pm (1 hour break for lunch) |
All sessions will be held at ANU House Melbourne, 52 Collins Street, VIC 3000
Course outline | Reading and film list
Watch this space for the exact dates of the course, the course outline, and a list of films and readings.
Course syllabus
Filmi Hindi aims to develop the following skill sets:
- Comprehension of a range of Hindi film dialogues
- Socio-linguistic analysis of Hindi use in film
- Practical application of skills acquired through the examination of film dialogues
Filmi Hindi provides students with the ability to recognise, analyse and employ such socio-linguistic aspects of the Hindi language as the use of registers and code-switching and to be aware of regional and dialectical influences and language change.
The course is suitable for university-level students with a spoken fluency in Hindi or Urdu.
Course assessment
- Class participation 10%
- Class oral presentation 15%
- Composition and oral performance of a Hindi film dialogue (assessment to be based on a video recording of the performance and its analysis) 75%
Additionally, postgraduates will complete an item of written assessment in English.
Course convener
Kate Sullivan
Hindi Lecturer, South Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6125 7242
Fax: +61 2 6125 8010
Email: kate.sullivan@anu.edu.au
How to enrol
There are several ways of enrolling in Filmi Hindi if you are not a student at the Australian National University.
The method you choose depends on whether or not you would like to receive university credit (undergraduate or postgraduate) to count towards a current or future university degree or diploma.
Enrolment (without university credit) through the Centre for Continuing Education’s Audit Programme
Those who wish to participate in Filmi Hindi without receiving university credit or a formal grade at the end of the course can enrol in the course directly through the ANU’s Centre for Continuing Education
For more information on the Audit Programme at the Centre for Continuing Education see: http://www.anu.edu.au/cce/audit/index.php
Please contact the course convener prior to enrolment.
Award Students
University students who wish Filmi Hindi to count towards their current degree at their home institution can enrol as cross-institutional students at the ANU using the Application for Non-Award Enrolment: Undergraduate cross-institutional students
For assistance with this process, please contact Admissions:
- Email: admiss.app@anu.edu.au
- Phone: +61 2 6125 3339
If you are a not a student but wish to obtain university credit for Filmi Hindi you might consider enrolment in the Diploma of Asia and Pacific Studies program at ANU. Although this is a more complicated procedure, the total fees are typically lower that those for Non-Award enrolment.
Should you wish to pursue this, please make an application through the Universities Admission Centre and send your 9-digit UAC reference number to Elizabeth Nunrom at the email address below. Please also send a brief CV and notification of your application to Kate Sullivan.
- Elizabeth Nunrom: elizabeth.nunrom@anu.edu.au
- Kate Sullivan: kate.sullivan@anu.edu.au
Non-award Students
Non-students who do not wish to enrol in a degree program (ie. diploma) but wish to obtain university credit and receive a formal grade from Filmi Hindi can enrol as non-award students using the Non-Award Undergraduate Application (for Undergraduates) or the Non-Award Postgraduate Application (for Postgraduates).
For assistance with this process please contact Admissions:
- Email: admiss.app@anu.edu.au
- Phone: +61 2 6125 3339
Information about fees can be found on the website at:
- For Undergraduates: http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/HIND2150;fees.html
- For Postgraduates: http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/HIND6150;fees.html
Further information
- advertisement, pdf: http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/data/Filmi_Hindi_A4%20Web.pdf