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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Kunal Purohit

Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, centre left, with his son Abhishek Bachchan, centre right, at the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India, Monday, January 22, 2024, by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ahead of the national elections, at least 10 Bollywood films promoting Modi's politics are set to hit the screens [Rajesh Kumar Singh/ AP Photo]

Mumbai, India – A grimacing police official, staring into the camera, declares her intent to publicly shoot dead “leftists” while attacking “left-liberal, pseudo-intellectuals” as well as students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a left-leaning university space in the cross-hairs of the Modi government.

Men in skull caps, the visuals intercut with bloody violence, declare that Rohingya Muslims will soon displace Hindus and make for half of India’s population, while a harrowed Hindu woman fighting against these men says she wants to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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