There& #39;s been a slew of editorials in prestige publications) about Bollywood& #39;s inclusive values and how Modi are destroyed it.
This is the wrong way of looking at it. Bollywood has always broadcast Dilli& #39;s politics. In the Nehruvian years, it was secular socialism >>
After Liberalisation, it was the NRI romance establishing Indian culture in global capitals. In the Modi years, it is Hindu pride in history and the muscular Hindu nation-state vanquishing terror in the capitals of Islamicate: Istanbul, Dubai, Tangiers, Kabul, Central Asia >>
Bollywood exists to broadcast Dilli (= central govt) narrative. Why else do you need a Hindi-language industry in a Marathi land with a Marathi industry?
I have written this in multiple essays. Here is a brief list. How nationalism took over Hindi cinema https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/b59Z5FzoLBr6Ho0hgj3tSL/How-nationalism-took-over-Hindi-cinema.html">https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/b...
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