A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s Hindu nationalist agenda are coming out.
People walk past a large poster of the movie Swatantra Veer Savarkar displayed outside a cinema hall in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024. The movie, set to be released on Friday, is one of several upcoming Bollywood releases based on polarizing issues, which either promote Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his governments political agenda, or lambast his critics. . In the backdrop of a devotional song that Gandhi loved, the outline slowly morphs into what appears like his face.
"That appears to be fast changing,” Sen said. “The scary part is that these films are being accepted now. It is truly frightening.” Two more upcoming films claim to reveal a conspiracy about a 2002 train fire in western Gujarat state that ignited one of the worst anti-Muslim riots in India. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in riots. It was aAnother film claims to expose the"anti-national agenda” of a university in the capital, New Delhi.
Sudipto Sen, the film’s director, said the movie exposed the"nexus between religious fundamentalism and terrorism” through a human story, and did not vilify Muslims.
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