Bollypolitics

An in depth consideration of sociopolitical shifts in Indian culture and their effects on, and representations in, popular Hindi cinema (Bollywood) during the reign of Narendra Modi.

Ajay Gehlawat is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Theatre and Film at Sonoma State University, USA. He is author of Reframing Bollywood (2010), Twenty-First Century Bollywood (2015). He is the editor of The Slumdog Phenomenon (2013) and co-editor of The Evolution of Song and Dance in Hindi Cinema (2019).

Introduction: The Modi-fication of Bollywood 1. From Metatext to Fascist Aesthetics: The Case of Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2. Modi's Ad Man: Akshay Kumar 3. Modi's Bhakt: Kangana Ranaut 4. The Kashmiri Pandit: Anupam Kher 5. Hope from the Hinterlands? Ayushmann Khurrana Conclusion: The Modi Question Filmography Bibliography Index