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It is unjustified to show only a one-dimensional stereotyped image of Muslims in the media. well here is interesting article
Imagining Indian Muslims: Lookingthrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinema
This article critically argues that Hindi cinema originating from Mumbai, popularly known as Bollywood cinema, has more often than not misrepresented the Indian Muslims in terms of characters and protagonists. Hindi films have wrongfully portrayed the Muslims either as non- modern feudal characters or as anti-national, terrorist, villain, or anti-social characters, among others, with their own mythical constructions. Moreover, the problem of an increasingly missing Muslim can be found in an era of liberalization and globalization where we find very few films with Muslim protagonists despite the fact that a large number of Muslims perform both on and off-screen. Although there have been limited attempts by some film-makers to uphold secular principles and champion the message of communal harmony, only a handful of films have actually tried to show the everyday livelihood issues and the problems of poverty, deprivation,exclusion, unemployment and illiteracy of Indian Muslims as noted by several empirical studies.Therefore, this article, while engaging with a number of films and by making a brief survey of the contemporary film history of India, tries to grasp the nature of stereotypical notions and image constructions of Bollywood cinema in relation to Indian Muslims
Full Article : Imagining Indian Muslims: Looking Through the Lens of Bollywood Cinema (Maidul Islam) - Academia.edu
Imagining Indian Muslims: Lookingthrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinemathrough the Lens of Bollywood Cinema
This article critically argues that Hindi cinema originating from Mumbai, popularly known as Bollywood cinema, has more often than not misrepresented the Indian Muslims in terms of characters and protagonists. Hindi films have wrongfully portrayed the Muslims either as non- modern feudal characters or as anti-national, terrorist, villain, or anti-social characters, among others, with their own mythical constructions. Moreover, the problem of an increasingly missing Muslim can be found in an era of liberalization and globalization where we find very few films with Muslim protagonists despite the fact that a large number of Muslims perform both on and off-screen. Although there have been limited attempts by some film-makers to uphold secular principles and champion the message of communal harmony, only a handful of films have actually tried to show the everyday livelihood issues and the problems of poverty, deprivation,exclusion, unemployment and illiteracy of Indian Muslims as noted by several empirical studies.Therefore, this article, while engaging with a number of films and by making a brief survey of the contemporary film history of India, tries to grasp the nature of stereotypical notions and image constructions of Bollywood cinema in relation to Indian Muslims
Full Article : Imagining Indian Muslims: Looking Through the Lens of Bollywood Cinema (Maidul Islam) - Academia.edu