As we move towards 2024, propaganda cinema in Bollywood is interestingly poised and shifting shape. One of the earliest recorded propaganda films is supposed to be a 1939 social drama, Master Vinayak’s Brandy Ki Botal, which was reportedly sponsored by the Congress and promoted Gandhi’s prohibition ideology. In 2019, propaganda cinema before the elections was fawning and personality-focused with two features and a web series pivoted on the PM. Hollywood’s Vietnam war films and anti-Soviet Cold War propaganda of Rocky IV entertain even while peddling American glory. Hollywood’s Vietnam war films and anti-Soviet Cold War propaganda of Rocky IV entertain even while peddling American glory.

Source: Indian Express November 19, 2023 03:36 UTC