Introduction.

In the autumn of 2017 we entered the second year of our PhDs under the supervision of Professor Rajinder Dudrah and were tasked with organising a conference which sought to bring together the next generation of Bollywood scholars. It was a natural choice and fit for our research topics - Dalit representation in Bollywood is Vishal's area of enquiry and white femininity in Bollywood is Alexandra's. We were delighted that Professor Rachel Dwyer, who has been a significant an influence on our work as our supervisor Professor Dudrah, accepted and attended to give the keynote speech on ageing masculinity in Bollywood, examining the case of Salman Khan specifically. [Extracted from the article]