Rise Of Patriotic Films in India : Point to discuss
Name: Prithish Karan Department: BJMC Registration no.: 220010484621 Enrollment ID: 221214001012 Bollywood has had a history of patriotic films, led by Manoj Kumar’s Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970) and Kranti (1981), Dev Anand’s Hum Dono (1961) and Prem Pujari (1970) and later Subhash Ghai’s Karma (1986) and J.P. Dutta’s Border (1997) and LOC Kargil (2003). But the current crop of movies has a different take on nationalism. Most of the other (older) patriotic movies are celebratory without really looking at what we have done for the country. But new movies bring to the table a lot of questions that we're afraid to bring up, that are taboo, and that we kind of struggle to talk about openly Film distributor and exhibitor Akshaye Rathi agreed that this is a viable box office strategy as patriotism is a sentiment common to every Indian irrespective of caste, creed or gender. And playing in the gallery only makes sense if you respect those feelings. Talented actors have opened up...