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Bollywood Films and Propaganda Analysis
People say Dhurandhar is a massive propaganda film,
but even bigger propaganda films are Deewaar, Main Hoon Na, and Sarfarosh,
and even this romantic film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I'll tell you how.
When Dheeraj Sharma, a professor at IIM, from 1960 to 2010,
researched 300 Bollywood films, he saw a single pattern in them,
that in these 300 films,
58% of corrupt politicians had Brahmin surnames,
and 62% of corrupt businessmen were Vaishyas.
And today you will find out why it has been ingrained in our minds that Sikh
people are funny.
Not punctual and disciplined, just funny.
Because 74% of the time, Sikh characters
in films were only shown joking around,
and they had no story of their own.
78% of bold and modern- looking women were Christian.
But wait, these Bollywood filmmakers weren't just showing everything in
a bad light, because there was also one thing that they over- glorified.
And that is that 84% of Muslims are extremely religious and honest.
Not only that, in films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Deewaar,
one religion was shown to be superior to another, which in itself is quite wrong.
And here, Bollywood filmmakers crossed all limits.
In 18 out of 20 films,
they even portrayed Pakistan in a good light, like Main Hoon Na.
This Pakistan will walk with us.
Meaning, these were the real propaganda movies, not Dhurandhar,
which were so realistic that no one even noticed anything.
Now look, this is a very open secret.
Whenever a government comes into power,
they try to control everything It tries to increase its power even further,
such as through media and films.
And do you know what the interesting thing is?
That we never even thought that what we were watching on screen was a well-
curated narrative.
Because propaganda is most dangerous when
it doesn't even let you realize that someone is unknowingly shaping your opinions.
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Original transcript (Hindi)
Log kehte hai Dhurandhar ek bahut badi Propaganda film hai, lekin usse bhi badi Propaganda films hai Deewaar, Main Hoon Na, Sarfarosh aur yaha tak ki ye romantic film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Batata hoon kaise. IIM ke ek professor Dheeraj Sharma ne jab 1960 se lekar 2010 tak
300 Bollywood filmon par research ki, tab unhen usmen ek hi pattern dikh raha tha ki is 300 films mein 58% corrupt politician Brahmin surnames ke the, 62% corrupt businessman Vaishya the. Aur aaj aapko pata chalega ki kyon hamare man mein ye baat baith gayi hai
ki Sikh log funny hote hain. Punctual aur Disciplined nahi, sirf funny. Kyonki 74% of the time filmon mein Sikh character sirf mazaak karte hue dikhaye jate the, unki apni khud ki koi story nahi hoti thi. 78% bold aur modern dikhne wali auraten Christian hoti thi.
Lekin ruko, ye Bollywood wale sab kuch sirf bura hi nahi dikha rahe the, kyonki ek aisi cheez bhi thi jisko unhone over-glorify karke dikhaya tha. Aur vo ye ki 84% Muslim log bahut hi jyada religious aur honest hote hai. Itna hi nahi, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai aur Deewaar jaisi filmon mein ek dharm ko doosre dharm se bada bataya gaya hai,
jo ki apne aap mein kaafi galat hai. Aur yaha toh Bollywood walon ne hadd hi paar kar di. 20 mein se 18 films mein Pakistan ko bhi accha dikha diya, jaise Main Hoon Na. Ye Pakistan hamare sath chalega.
Yani Dhurandhar nahi, balki asli Propaganda movies toh ye thi, jo ki itni realistic thi ki kisi ne kuch bhi notice hi nahi kiya. Ab dekho ye ek bahut hi open secret hai. Jab bhi koi government power mein aati hai, toh vo har uss cheez par control karne ki koshish karti hai jisse vo apne power ko aur badha sake,
jaise ki media aur films. Aur majedar baat pata hai kya hai? Ki humne kabhi socha hi nahi ki jo hum screen par dekh rahe the vo ek well curated narrative tha. Kyonki Propaganda tabhi sabse jyada khatarnak hota hai jab vo aapko ye feel hi na hone de ki aapke opinions ko koi unknowingly shape kar raha hai.
