Rosie Thomas

Biography

Dr Rosie is a pioneer of the academic study of popular Indian cinema, establishing an international reputation following the publication of her first groundbreaking article on Hindi cinema in Screen in 1985. Since then she has written widely on Indian cinema, contributing to numerous books and journals. She is co-founder and co-editor of the international Sage journal BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies, a forum for new research on the history and theory of South Asian film, screen-based arts and new media screen cultures. Her monograph Bombay Before Bollywood: Film City Fantasies was published in 2013 by Orient Blackswan, and republished in 2015 by SUNY Press.

Research Interest

Dr Rosie's current research interests include Indian cinema history, with a focus on the pre-independence era; the Arabian Nights in early Indian cinema; the history of Indian cinema's global circulation; and South Asian arts and documentary.