Reviews of professor Sunil Bhatt

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Despite being a beginner level course, Sunil assumes that if you are from a South Asian background that you will already know lots of Hindi. As a result he doesnt explain a lot of things and assumes people already know them. He doesnt bother to explain grammar as he believes it will come to us naturally. Overall he is cold and condescending.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Sunil ji is an amazing professor! Super patient and really gets to know each student in the class. My favourite class taken at UBC, highly recommend!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sunil was good, but sometimes it was difficult to argue/debate with him as he was not always open to all perspectives. The coursework and assignments are very doable as long as you watch the films and do the readings. Its a good course if you enjoy Bollywood, otherwise I would avoid it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material for this class was great but not executed well. Sunil cares a lot about Bollywood, but can be judgemental in class discussions and will put you down if he disagrees with you. He marked the discussion questions weirdly hard for no reason at all. But the short papers were so much fun to write and the topics were super interesting.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Bhatt is a great professor! I took this class in summer so it was fast-paced, but I did not find it too overwhelming and it was far from undo-able. He selected very interesting movies and provided insightful short videos (that he recorded himself) for every movie to help our understanding. He responded to all of my emails on the same day.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very good prof for the hindi film class. pretty knowledgeable and interested in the class. hold good discussions with good questions. would recommend his class if you're into bollywood films.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a terrible professor (insufferable) and I highly recommend avoiding his class. He is astonishingly sexist and will be condescending if you disagree with his opinions even though he is not knowledgable. He is literally the worst professor I have ever come across in 4 years at UBC. If you love Bollywood or are a keen learner, AVOID HIS CLASS.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lazy! Doesnt provide vocab lists, tells us to intuitively feel the grammar. Makes sexist comments in class. Lost all my motivation. I cant wait to be done with course

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This guy is a real gem-he makes an effort to get to know each student and truly cares for our learning. He marks a little harshly, but ask him how to improve during office hours and he provides the best feedback! I feel like I have grown as a writer and thinker after taking this course. Take his courses, you won't regret it!