Join us in discovering the richness of India’s image-making traditions alongside the influence of popular arts such as storytelling, dance, and theatre.
A regional industry that grew to become a global phenomenon in less than a century, Indian cinema is now one of the world’s largest, releasing more than 1,500 films each year in almost twenty languages. From the commercial Hindi films produced in 'Bollywood' to 'Kollywood's' Tamil-language movies and the more socially engaged Bengali cinema, Indian cinema reflects the subcontinent's diversity and acts as a public forum where contemporary social and cultural debates are played out.
Featuring extracts from some 40 films and more than 80 artworks, Bollywood Superstars investigates the diverse origins of Indian cinema. From 19th century traditional shadow theatre and early silent movies to the 21st century gods of the screen, the exhibition presents the richness of the India’s image-making traditions alongside the influence of popular arts such as storytelling, dance, and theatre, and its close relationship with mythology and religion.
Organised by the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and France Museums, Bollywood Superstars is co-curated by Julien Rousseau, Head of the Asian Collection at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac with Hélène Kessous, Anthropologist, and specialist of South Asian cinema. The exhibition includes a wide range of loans, highlighting early storyteller’s props, shadow puppets, photography, Mughal armours, daggers, mythological, and religious lithographs.
Dates: 24 January - 4 June 2023
Timings:
- Tuesday – Thursday, 10am – 6.30pm.
- Friday - Sunday, 10am - 8.30pm.
- General admission (Adults 18+) AED 63 (Including VAT)
- Discount admission (Teachers, faculty members and UAE military) AED 31.50 (Including VAT)
- Kids Under 18s*, UAE residents 60+, Louvre Abu Dhabi members, ICOM and related card holders, journalists, People of Determination with one companion - Go fro Free
*children under 13 should be accompanied by an adult at all times.
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Kids under 18: Free
General admission: 63 AED
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