Else India’s soft power quotient will plummet under NDA, no matter how brilliantly Modi makes India’s case abroad. The strongest films – including Indian films – have been rooted in places and are often about politics and social evils. One of the common points he didn’t mention but could just as well have is that while America has Hollywood, India has Bollywood. They include deletion of words like ‘election’, ‘MP’, ‘MLA’, ‘party’, ‘Parliament’ and references to Punjab as well as places in Punjab. That’s all the more reason for India to nurture, rather than choke, its vibrant film industry.

Source: Times of India June 09, 2016 20:31 UTC