Sep 05 2026 to Sep 05 2026 4 p.m.

Price: 999 Book/Buy

Where

The Bangalore Local

159, 1st Cross Rd, 1st Block Koramangala, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034

Event Description

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Tamil film star Vijay’s electoral debut, described as stunning and spectacular by the media, has once again drawn attention to the intimate linkages between fandom and politics in southern India.

Traceable to the 1950s, the fan who doubled as a political cadre, was initially seen as a Tamil exception which had to do with Dravidian propaganda films. Subsequent developments including the successful crossover of N.T. Rama Rao into politics in Andhra Pradesh and the active participation of Rajkumar fans in Kannada identity politics in Karnataka suggest that there is more to the story than Dravidian propaganda films. Indeed, fans and fandoms are everywhere in today’s world, and have been around for over a century.

Fans are also increasingly visible as political actors, thanks to social media platforms. We have heard about Harry Potter fans cancelling the creator of their favourite franchise and K-Pop fans battling it out with White Lives Matter activists in the USA. And, fan-like behaviour has been observed in political campaigns in different parts of the world, from the USA in the West to the Philippines in the East.

What, then, do we make of fandom and its many manifestations? What do political fandoms have in common with others? Is fandom detrimental to art, sports and politics? This talk takes a plunge into the histories and theories of fandom to explore what they have to say.

About the Speaker

S.V. Srinivas is a professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. His research focusses on the intersections between cultural industries, fan cultures and mass politics.

He is the author of two books on south Indian cinema: Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema after N.T. Rama Rao (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Politics as Performance: A Social History of the Telugu Cinema (Permanent Black, 2013).

He has also written on the circulation of Hong Kong and South Korean films in India, and Indian films in Japan.

Event Details

📅 Saturday, 5 September
🕓 4 PM – 6 PM
📍 The Bangalore Local, Koramangala
This is a sober venue.

Your ticket includes:

• 1 complimentary kombucha from Local Ferment Co.

• First-come, first-served seating

About Pint of View

Pint of View is India's Largest Lecture Community. We brought the lecture in bar format to India and are now expanding across the globe with chapters in 14 cities worldwide. Here, big ideas meet intimate spaces, and you walk in curious and walk out with a sharper lens on the world.

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What's included
Lecture
One sober drink from Local Ferment Co. included
What's not included
Food and other drinks from the menu