Chapter One: Introduction
Part I - Decoding Dalit Stereotypes in Popular Hindi Cinema (1930s-1980s)
Chapter Two: A Tale of an Untouchable Girl
Chapter Three: A Noble Born and a Black Princess in New India
Chapter Four: Some (Non) Angry Men
Part II -Dalit Lives as Cinema
Chapter Five: Two Devis Goddesses
Chapter Six: A Mountain Man
Part III -Dalit Representation in New Millennia
Chapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?
Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit Body
Part IV - New Millennium, New Dalit Hero
Chapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The Rising
Chapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The Protest
Part V -Conclusion
Chapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!
Biography
Vishal Chauhan is Professor of History at PGDAV College, University of Delhi. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research focuses on the intersectionalities of Dalit representations, cultural politics, and power discourses. He is currently a recipient of a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his postdoctoral project ‘De- coding Dalit Representation in OTT Web Series and amongst Its Audience’ (2025–2028), which is based at Birmingham City University, UK.
