The concerted attacks on Hindi cinema show how vital it is for totalitarian forces to control the narrative of popular culture.

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Jean-Luc Godard crested the French New Wave

Even in his final years, Godard (1931-2022) never ceased to interrogate the world through images.

Srikanth Srinivasan

Is Telugu cinema replacing Hindi as India’s favourite film industry?

It is being built up as the socially and politically desirable alternative to Bollywood.

Editor’s Note

It is the offer of the possibility of a pan-religion Indianness that makes Bollywood such a threat.

Lights, camera, right turn

Boycott calls and ultra-nationalist films show the project of weaponising Bollywood is complete.

Ramesh Chakrapani

Resident evil: Calls to boycott films are anti-cinema

These calls mimic the power of the state to suppress films, but with no set legal limits.

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