Actor, comedian Vir Das who is currently gearing up for his final act in Delhi of the Boarding Das world tour, has been honored with a doctorate for his incredible achievements in the world of performing arts. Vir Das who has studied from Knox in Galesburg, Illinois has been conferred with the prestigious title of Dr. Vir Das by his ex-university making it a rare achievement for an actor-comedian. Read more - http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/vir-das-becomes-the-1st-indian-comedian-to-be-conferred-with-a-doctorate/
A recent research and analysis by researchers into Bollywood films have forced them to conclude that Bollywood movies are "still crazy sexist". The team of researchers analysed as many as 4000 Bollywood movies to reach this verdict. Over the years, women portraying central characters in Hindi cinema have been few and far between. Those portrayed, including the protagonists, are rarely holistic and mostly subject to ingrained biases. “Different features like occupation, introduction of cast in text , associated actions, and descriptions are captured to show the pervasiveness of gender bias and stereotype in movies,” a recent analysis of Bollywood movies by IBM and two Delhi-based institutions revealed. You can reach the whole research analysis HERE. The research paper is the only document of sexual bias in Bollywood till date. To study the gender disparities, researchers used an IBM dataset of Wikipedia pages of 4,000 Hindi movies released between 1970 and 2017, extra