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Madhuri Dixit, Abir Bazaz
Madhuri Dixit, Abir Bazaz
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Nandana Bose, Madhuri Dixit (Bloomsbury, 2019).
Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, And Politics In South India, Rebecca Peters
Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, And Politics In South India, Rebecca Peters
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda, Deities & Devotees: Cinema, Religion, and Politics in South India (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence And Cinematic Fears In India, Sen Meheli
Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence And Cinematic Fears In India, Sen Meheli
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen, and Brian Collins, eds., Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021).
‘Love-Jihad’ And Bollywood: Constructing Muslims As ‘Other’, Nadira Khatun
‘Love-Jihad’ And Bollywood: Constructing Muslims As ‘Other’, Nadira Khatun
Journal of Religion & Film
In the postcolonial nation state that is India, cinema has become an important tool for propagating the idea of nationalism. In recent times, one of the most controversial components of Hindu nationalism has been the hate campaign against what is termed as ‘love-jihad’, which is deployed as a weapon to mobilize, polarize, and communalize citizens. The Indian Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, has also become a controversial site. In this paper, I argue that if ‘Indian nationalism’ is to be represented as ‘Hindu nationalism’ and ‘Indian culture’ as ‘Hindu culture,’ it logically follows that this majoritarian construction needs …