A dummy’s guide to propaganda films in Bollywood

[ad_1] Propaganda cinema, typically associated with autocracies like North Korea, Russia and Nazi-era Germany, appears to have found a home in India too. Several recent theatrical releases from Bollywood in particular have been labelled propaganda films. But how to tell...

‘Bastar – The Naxal Story’ review: Boom-and-bust conspiracy tales from Maoist country

[ad_1] The Kerala Story director Sudipto Sen has a new diatribe, this one broader in scope and steeped even deeper in conspiracy theories.The most non-partisan statement in Sen’s Bastar – The Naxal Story comes early in the film: the opening...