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A look at the stream of election-eve films and why they don’t have to be box-office hits to succeed as propaganda.
In this issue
03-05-2024
35 STORIES
New books on the shelves
A century’s worth of Bengali stories in translation, a study of a pioneering Indian sculptor, and many more.
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Readers respond to Frontline’s coverage.
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Vaishna Roy
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
Potent tools for disseminating political ideologies and pushing stereotypes, these films offer insights into elections as well as everyday realities.
S.V. Srinivas
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition.
Lawrence Liang
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
A new music project titled Anbenum Peruveli radically reinterprets the work of the 19th-century Tamil poet-prophet in the year of his bicentenary.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
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