Dr Sonia Ghalian teaches film studies at the School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, Christ University, Bangalore, India. She received her Ph.D. in English from the Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Her doctoral dissertations titled “Construction of Childhood in Contemporary Indian Cinema” draws attention to the role of children in films and the various themes they represent within the cinematic imagination of contemporary Indian cinema.