- Royce Fellowship
Akshay
Rathod
Concentration
Economics; International Relations
Award Year
2009
Bollywood and the Emergence of an Urban Youth Culture
Faculty Sponsor: Patrick Heller
Akshay explored how the emergence of an urban youth culture in India has affected Bollywood films since the mid-90s. While examining this youth culture, he identified the reasons for its influence, and the mechanisms through which it has shaped Bollywood industry, aesthetic, and film. Akshay is now an associate at the Pantheon Group at the Mumbai Office.