Did you see the Shamshera trailer? If you did, you probably saw this
Watching this, you must be thinking:
Yet another religiously Hindu villain in a long line of Hindu villains?
I'm hearing Shamshera 2 will show General Dyer doing Jalkianwala bagh will tripund as well
Sadly, even though there have been improvements, Indian films have had a long history of Hindu villains
We will show you how Hindu villains have been shown in Bollywood vs how Muslim villains have often been portrayed, its going to shock and surprise you
And show how even though there have been improvements in Bollywood, the audience must be vigilant
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Hindus have always been easy targets in Bollywood, we can make fun of them
We can make fun of their Gods
Hindus are fair game in India
I don’t want to say that things have not improved. They definitely have. But every now and then we get a film like Shamshera where the old habits of Bollywood shine through
Bollwyood and Indian cinema often operate on certain stereotypes. One of the stereotypes Bollywood loves is: The Religious Hindu Villain
Our first example obviously comes from the upcoming film ShamShera where you see Sanjay Dutt as religious Hindu with Tripunda, Rudraksha, and Shikha
Now I don’t want to comment too much on this particular villain, because the film has not come out yet. It is possible that Sanjay Dutt is a complex character
Maybe he is part of the British Army for the same reasons as Alluri SitaRama Raju in RRR
Bollywood and Arvind Kejriwal cannot be trusted, they can fip at any point
But as I said there is a long history of such villains in Bollywood. And you’ll notice a couple of things about such villains
They are very religious
Their use their religion as inspiration for evil
For example, a stereotypes in Bollywood has been the Greedy Hindu Baniya/Pandit
And more recently in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, where the villain is a greedy pandit
And there are gaumutra jokes here as well
Wow so brave! Hindus drink gaumutra, but can the film make a joke about the prophet and his wedding to Aisha?
The second main type of villain the Evil Hindu Baba
Who is either Sleazy
Or in series like Ashram, where Bobby Deol is always up to shady things
Or Mithun from Chingaari
Or in Singham
Now, Aday Devgan is making Tanhaji to make wash away his deeds
Either the Hindu baba is sleazy or an evil murderer
He is so sakht doesn’t eat toast until it is black
Or from Singham again
Look at This scene from Sangharsh, where the villain is called a "jaahil" for reading the Shastras
more recently, Marjaawan, where Riteish Deshmukh does evil deeds as a Vamana avatar
Not avatar, but a burden on the earth
By the way in the same film, look how secular out hero is
Look at how the police in Singahm who hates Babas, behaves in Islamic mazars
see how pious Muslim characters are
What a pious and teetotaler man. What about our Hindu hero?
Look at a classic film Kuch Kuch hota hai
look at this classic line from Amitabh bachchan
He can denigrate kaafirs but can Bachchan sahab denigrate Prophet?
see how bad babas are and how nice maulvis are
wow, Bollywood Maulvi sahab is so nice, what happens to real maulvi sahab?
its hardly surprising, as Bollywood directors believe that Sanghis are bad but Mughals were nation builders
Aurangzeb who broke thousands of temples and imposed Jaziya on Hindus be like, do I get no credit?
you may wonder why i harp on such topics, but, The situation is so bad that this kind of indoctrination has also entered other areas, like Youtube commentary
where Akash banerjee plays a religious Hindu that is communal, and hates Muslims
Remember he also used to play a Muslim extrem!st character
But he retired that character really quick, As quickly as politicians' careers get retired after Swara bhaskar’s support
Guess which character he continues to play to this day
Where did your bravery go?
This is the real face of Indian secularism
This is the kind of subtle indoctrination and subliminal messaging we have seen from Bollywood for decades
All of this comes down from a few bad decisions
Chief among them: The Marxists and the Islamists who had full control over media, education and also Bollywood, with full support from various congress governments
under Nehru, Indira Gandhi and then Manmohan Singh had presented an Image of India, where Muslims and Christians were all good honest people living under the evil Hindu oppression
Christianity and Islam are good religions while Hinduism is corrupt and oppressive
The tide has turned in the last few years, with films like Uri, Tanhaji, Baahubali, and RRR who have started appreciating India and her culture as well.
Why? Its simple. Economics
The Indian audience decided that they will not watch films that only denigrate India
And they will watch films that celebrate India
And so the moral of the story is that the Marxist influence of Bollywood is strong and is still there
And if you want to make sure that the influence goes away, stay alert
Keep supporting films that you want to see, don’t support those that you don’t want. Put money in the pockets of Nationalist directors.
You have the power to change the industry. Keep using it