Bollywood Hypocrisy: Why The Hindi Film Industry Insults Hindus And Hinduism While Appeasing Others?

One does not expect the Hindi film industry, or its digital extension, to be intelligent or be mildly intellectual.

This is an industry that celebrates biopics on terrorists (and their sister) that coordinated the Bombay blasts of 1993, that takes pride in insulting any and every Hindu tradition in the name of art, and one that puts the laws of physics to such miserable use that if Issac Newton were to somehow see it, he would have begged the church to strangle him to death.

However, in the last few years, social media has enabled them to go beyond the realm of newspapers and glossy magazines. Now, they communicate directly, to their audience, or their fan bases that host mindless trends on Twitter for a few hundred rupees, only to bring an opposite actor down on the day of a movie release.

This communication has allowed them to voice their opinion on every matter. It is essential for any healthy democracy to have enough room for everyone to voice their opinions, even if they come across as dumb as a David Dhawan drama.

Now, with the PR agency ecosystem, supplemented by the millions of followers these celebrities have on social media, they ensure that their opinion is the one heard more, covered more, and eventually, considered far more important than that of a common social media user, even if its intellectual value is far lesser than that of a Karan Johar ‘rom-com;.

However, the same platform has also exposed their demeaning attitude towards Hindus and Hinduism, and their subtle attempts at appeasing other groups, especially religious ones.

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