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Ira Bhaskar
At the 43rd International Film Festival of India
OccupationsProfessor, cinema studies scholar
EmployerJawaharlal Nehru University
SpouseC. Uday Bhaskar
ChildrenSwara Bhasker
Academic background
Education

Ira Bhaskar is an Indian academic and cinema studies scholar, known for her work on the cultural and historical influences in Indian cinema. She has served as a Professor of Cinema Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and a former dean of the school. Bhaskar has authored and edited influential works, including Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema (2009), and has served on the board of the Nehru Trust for Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum (NTICVA).

She also served as a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Early life and education

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Ira Bhaskar completed her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and MPhil in English Literature at Delhi University. She later earned a PhD in Cinema Studies from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, in 2005, with a focus on narrative poetics and Indian cinema. Before joining JNU, she taught at Gargi College, Delhi University.[1]

Academic career

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Bhaskar served as a Professor of Cinema Studies at JNU’s School of Arts and Aesthetics, also as dean.[2]

Her research explores melodrama, nationalism, and Islamicate cultural influences in Indian cinema, with a particular focus on Bombay cinema. She has published 26 research papers and is recognised for her interdisciplinary approach to film studies.[3][4][5][6][7]

She has held visiting faculty positions at various institutions, including Columbia University, the University of Pavia, York University, and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Bhaskar has also been a scholar-in-residence at York University and received research fellowships from the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and the British Academy.[8][9][10]

In 2022, she was appointed to the board of the Nehru Trust for Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[1]

Central Board of Film Certification

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Bhaskar served as one of the ten member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), India’s regulatory body for film certification, where she contributed to the review and certification of films for public exhibition. During her tenure, she engaged with issues of censorship, artistic expression, and cultural representation in Indian films, aligning with her broader scholarly focus on gender and nationalism in cinema. She resigned from the CBFC in January 2015, citing organisational dysfunction, including a lack of board meetings since January 2014 and alleged interference and corruption within the board, following the resignation of CBFC chief Leela Samson amid controversy over the clearance of the film MSG: The Messenger.[11][12]

Publications

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Bhaskar’s scholarship focuses on the historical and cultural dimensions of Indian cinema. Her notable works include:[13]

  • Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema (2009, Tulika Books), co-authored with Richard Allen, which examines the influence of Islamic cultural forms on Bollywood cinema.[14]
  • Bombay Cinema’s Islamicate Histories (2009, Intellect Books), co-edited with Allen, exploring the historical interplay of Muslim and Hindu cultures in Indian films.[15]
  • Facets of India's security: essays for C. Uday Bhaskar (2021, Routledge).[16]
  • Contributor to Gender Meets Genre in Postwar Cinemas (2012, University of Illinois Press).[17]

Personal life

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Bhaskar is married to C. Uday Bhaskar, a retired Indian Navy officer and strategic analyst. Their daughter, Swara Bhasker, is a Bollywood actress and activist and their son Ishan Bhaskar is a film director.[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Ira Bhaskar joins the board of the NTICVA". www.nehrutrustvam.org. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Farewell, Ira Bhaskar: Teacher par excellence". The Indian Express. 3 April 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Ira Bhaskar". Intellect Books. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Prof Ira Bhaskar and Prof Ranjani Mazumdar | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University". www.jnu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Ira Bhaskar Voices". Times of India Voices. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Ira Bhaskar". University of Chicago Press. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Review: Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories edited by Ira Bhaskar and Richard Allen". Hindustan Times. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Ira Bhaskar Entertainment Photo Ira Bhaskar, professor ..." Times Of India. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  9. ^ Das, Tina (29 October 2024). "Padmaavat to The Kerala Story, how new-age Bollywood films spread Hindu nationalism". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Ira Bhaskar on The Quint". TheQuint. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  11. ^ IndiaToday.in (16 January 2015). "After CBFC chief Leela Samson, Censor Board member Ira Bhaskar decides to quit". India Today. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ^ "We are not Congress stooges: Censor Board's Ira Bhaskar". India TV News. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  13. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (20 September 2021). "Muslim stereotyping in Hindi films: 'We cannot allow ourselves to forget what constitutes us'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  14. ^ Bhaskar, Ira; Allen, Richard (2009). Islamicate cultures of Bombay cinema. New Delhi, India: Tulika Books. ISBN 978-81-89487-53-9.
  15. ^ Allen, Richard; Bhaskar, Ira (7 April 2022), "Introduction: Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories", Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories, Intellect Books, pp. 1–34, ISBN 978-1-78938-397-3, retrieved 2 August 2025{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  16. ^ Uday Bhaskar, C.; Kumaraswamy, P. R., eds. (2022). Facets of India's security: essays for C. Uday Bhaskar (First South Asia ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-032-25357-2.
  17. ^ Gledhill, Christine, ed. (15 January 2012). Gender Meets Genre in Postwar Cinemas. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03661-3.
  18. ^ "Commodore C Uday Bhaskar, Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS) - TBCY". 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Swara's cool daddy fields questions from millennials". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Swara Bhaskar Birthday: पिता पूर्व सैनिक तो मां जेएनयू में हैं प्रोफेसर, कुछ ऐसा है स्वरा भास्कर का परिवार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2025.