With BJP’s might cut down, will India’s film industry rediscover its spine?
A majority of the industry has stayed mum or actively participated in driving the hate peddled by the BJP. If at all they spoke about the government, it was to dutifully parrot lines about “development”.
#bollywood #BJP #hindutva #authoritarianism #FascistCinema #islamophobia #cinema #india
Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections
Real world politics has been spilling into Bollywood over the past few months. With elections about to begin, Hindi cinema is also poll-bound, writes Uday Bhatia.
#cinema #HindiCinema #bollywood #hindutva #FascistCinema #HinduNationalism #elections2024 #india
'Unchristian Act': Concerned Catholics Slam Idukki Diocese Over Screening of 'The Kerala Story'
The Idukki Diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church screened the propaganda film for students of Class X to Class XII on April 4.
#kerala #SyroMalabarChurch #TheKeralaStory #IdukkiChurch #CatholicChurch #BJP #FascistCinema #hindutva #IndianChristians #IndianMuslims #india
Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election
At least 10 releases before the election amplify Modi’s political agenda and vilify critics and opponents – sparing not even Mahatma Gandhi.
#bollywood #hindutva #FascistCinema #BJP #JNU #islamophobia #savarkar #ConspiracyTheories #MKGandhi #GujaratPogroms #GujaratRiots #disinformation #history #cinema #elections2024 #NarendraModi #india
People self-censor, imagine danger and don’t act: Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra
The point of a film telling it as it is, even in these times, can be the very hope of a chain reaction in the immediate environs.
#interview #SudhirMishra #cinema #bollywood #HindiCinema #VivekAgnihotri #VipulShah #TheKashmirFiles #TheKeralaStory #hindutva #islamophobia #misinformation #propaganda #FascistCinema #india
Teaser for propaganda ‘Razakar’ released by BJP’s Bandi Sanjay
The teaser paints a very disturbing image, feeding into the right-wing narrative that Muslims under the Razakar militia headed by Qasim Razvi were only indulging in atrocities against Hindus before the state’s annexation to India on 17 September 1948.
https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/teaser-for-propaganda-razakar-released-by-bjps-bandi-sanjay
#telangana #cinema #hyderabad #HyderabadState #razakars #MIM #OperationPolo #TelanganaArmedStruggle #CPI #history #BJP #hindutva #BandiSanjay #FascistCinema #TeluguCinema #tollywood #india
How ‘Kashmir Files’ added to communal fires in Khargone that ended with bulldozer injustice
A Ram Navami riot left both Hindus and Muslims hurt. But Muslim properties were singled out for demolitions, setting off a new, disturbing trend in India. (Article from April 2022)
#KashmirFiles #bollywood #MadhyaPradesh khargone #AntiMuslimRiots #HinduMobs #RamNavamiRiots #kashmir #VivekAgnihotri #hindutva #FascistCinema #cinema #india
Modi’s political party has weaponized Bollywood
An interesting film industry report found that more than 60 percent of the “Kashmir Files” audience were not regular cinemagoers, and that many were drawn to it by a word-of-mouth marketing campaign with its roots in BJP messaging, writes Rana Ayyub.
#NarendraModi #BJP #bollywood #HateSpeech #FascistCinema #propaganda #hindutva #CommunalViolence #GujaratPogrom #kashmir #kerala #islamophobia #muslims #modi #RanaAyyub #india
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/modi-cinema-muslim-hatred/
Kathmandu halts Adipurush screenings over film's claim that 'Sita is India's daughter’
Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah has issued an ultimatum that if this mistake is not corrected in both India and Nepal within three days, no Indian movie will be allowed to be screened in the Nepal capital.
#kathmandu #nepal #adipurush #ramayana #hinduism #cinema #FascistCinema #HinduMythology #OmRaut #hindutva #BJP #india
Interview: ‘Big filmmakers are being mobilised by the state to further the majoritarian project’
Many movies slated for release in the run-up to 2024 have a definite purpose – to generate hatred of Muslims, says Ira Bhaskar, a professor of cinema studies.
#interview #IraBhaskar #cinema #bollywood #muslims #islamophobia #FascistCinema #UnionGovt #BJP #hindutva #india
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