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.

• Chapter One: IntroductionPart 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 IndiaChapter Four: Some (Non) Angry MenPart II -Dalit Lives as CinemaChapter Five: Two Devis GoddessesChapter Six: A Mountain ManPart III -Dalit Representation in New MillenniaChapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit BodyPart IV - New Millennium, New Dalit HeroChapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The RisingChapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The ProtestPart V -ConclusionChapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!

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.

• Chapter One: IntroductionPart 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 IndiaChapter Four: Some (Non) Angry MenPart II -Dalit Lives as CinemaChapter Five: Two Devis GoddessesChapter Six: A Mountain ManPart III -Dalit Representation in New MillenniaChapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit BodyPart IV - New Millennium, New Dalit HeroChapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The RisingChapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The ProtestPart V -ConclusionChapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!

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.

• Chapter One: IntroductionPart 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 IndiaChapter Four: Some (Non) Angry MenPart II -Dalit Lives as CinemaChapter Five: Two Devis GoddessesChapter Six: A Mountain ManPart III -Dalit Representation in New MillenniaChapter Seven: Old Wine in New Bottle?Chapter Eight: Loving the Dalit BodyPart IV - New Millennium, New Dalit HeroChapter Nine: Dalit Nayak: The RisingChapter Ten: Dalit Nayak: The ProtestPart V -ConclusionChapter Eleven: The Show Must Go On!