Why cherry pick to target Bollywood?

Why are film scenes nitpicked selectively? I hear a lot about billa no. 786 in Deewar but why do trolls and news anchors forget that Amitabh returns to same temple in front of Lord Shiva's idol at end of movie, begs for life of his mom and she does indeed get saved and he also bows/yields only in front of mom and God?

Why people bash Amitabh or Salim-Javed, Manmohan Desai etc but forget that it is Goddess Bhawani locket which saves Amitabh's life from childhood in Parvarish and saves him from bullets and bomb blasts and he always kisses that locket for being his protective shield?

Rajesh Khanna also did a film called Maalik in which he plays a Lord Krishna devotee whose all problems are solved in life and even his dead baby is brought back to life by Lord Krishna. He and Shabana were also in a film which had Chalo bulawa aaya hai song and showed how yatra to Vaishno Devi shrine saved his son's life.

Lord Krishna's miracle is shown to reunite Salman and Madhuri in HAHK. Madhuri and Jackie are Lord Ram devotees in Khalnayak. K3G and DDLJ single handedly popularised Karva Chauth among even unmarried couples and non Hindus. Puneet Issar, Sunny Deol pray to Guru Gobind Singh ji and Sunil Shetty prays to Goddess Durga for strength to fight in war in Border. Ramsay Brothers' films and shows always showed Om symbol and Lord Shiva, Ma Durga, as symbols ghosts were scared of and lost power in front of images of God.

Raakhee is Lord Shiva devotee in Ram Lakhan and Soldier and Goddess Kali devotee in Karan Arjun and her prayers pay off, she gets karmic justice. Seeta is Lord Krishna devotee in Seeta aur Geeta and Geeta is supposed to bring her and their old grandmother justice. The Bhagavad Gita theme is there for justice in Seeta Aur Geeta too. Vinod Khanna is a Lord Hanuman devotee in Hera Pheri. Shatrughan Sinha and Danny Denzogpa are Goddess Kaali devotees in Kaalicharan. Rekha takes inspiration from Goddess Chandi in Phool baney Angaara and Anjaam also invokes Goddess Chandi when Madhuri takes on villains herself.

There are plenty of examples of Indian films showing faith, devotion, power of miracles and Hindu gods, goddesses in great light, and not just atheism or showing other religions. Rather Bollywood has always shown Indian festivals, gods, customs in greatly positive manner with sindoor and mangalsutra also saving life of husband or protecting a woman etc (80s films were full of power of sindoor, mangalsutra), power of Raksha Bandhan thread saving a man's life, power of sacred lockets and symbols of gods.

Why are there even TV anchors spreading canards, selectively cherry picking films and scenes to claim Bollywood insults Hinduism or promotes other religions? Rather entertainment industry has popularised Hinduism and Indic festivals, rituals more than any preacher. If even non Hindus celebrate Hindu festivals today it is thanks to Indian films and TV showing grand depictions of these festivities.

Itd simply TRP for news channels and vote bank for political parties.

The funny thing is that I have heard radical Khalistanis and some extreme types from Pakistan complaining about soft power of Bollywood and their youth knowing Hindi and about Hindu customs and festivals more than own faiths, thanks to Indian serials and films.

Rules do not permit but I can post frustrated articles of fanatics from other side who whine about Bollywood being used to popularise Hindu customs and Hindi language and whine how most leads are always upper caste Hindus and others are sidelined or caricatured or shown as criminals or don or terrorists.

Some even blame Bollywood for making their kids 'mentally' and culturally closer to Hindus and blame BW for interfaith marriages. They whine why their kids want to marry or are friendly with Hindus.

Yet we have this conspiracy theorist lobby online and now even at 9 PM debates on TV claiming Bollywood is anti Hindu or favours and promotes other religion!

Even a film like OMG for which Akki is bashed, had shown Paresh admitting existence of God and Akshay revealing himself as Lord Krishna to him. Akshay saves Paresh's life in OMG. What is anti Hindu about it?

Bollywood has always glorified Hinduism. Yes, in older films they used to show all these scenes that if a character is going to die he/she gets miraculously saved due to some symbol of a Hindu God or simply praying to God. I remember there was a movie called Burning Train where a train goes out of control after it gets derailed and then it enters a Ganesh temple and miraculously stops right in front of the Ganesh idol.

Nowadays I feel people are mixing religion with politics and that's where the real problem lies. It's like, if you are a bjp supporter you have to show that you're proud of Hindu religion and that you have to do by disrespecting other religions or trying to prove Hinduism is superior to all religions. Similarly if you're not a bjp supporter you have to disrespect Hinduism to give respect to other religions. Some Bollywood folks like bjp, some don't. When people involve religion in politics all these chaos start. Then common man is brainwashed by some opportunists for their own benefits.

Originally posted by: Life_Is_Dutiful

Bollywood has always glorified Hinduism. Yes, in older films they used to show all these scenes that if a character is going to die he/she gets miraculously saved due to some symbol of a Hindu God or simply praying to God. I remember there was a movie called Burning Train where a train goes out of control after it gets derailed and then it enters a Ganesh temple and miraculously stops right in front of the Ganesh idol.

Nowadays I feel people are mixing religion with politics and that's where the real problem lies. It's like, if you are a bjp supporter you have to show that you're proud of Hindu religion and that you have to do by disrespecting other religions or trying to prove Hinduism is superior to all religions. Similarly if you're not a bjp supporter you have to disrespect Hinduism to give respect to other religions. Some Bollywood folks like bjp, some don't. When people involve religion in politics all these chaos start. Then common man is brainwashed by some opportunists for their own benefits.

You Should watch paresh rawal old interview he was "Ultra" "Secular" before entering in 'Politics' 🤪

Most anti hindu actor in Bollywood is Aamir Khan. Rest only care for their work. Aamir is pissed off that people have not forgotten him supporting corrupt Megha Patekar or saying he is unsafe in India.

Now he his facing actual back lash

Aamir is anti BJP but not anti Hindu. He had vehemently bashed Modi for 2002 riots. Otherwise I have never seen him target any religion or community. Except PK, he has done no film which touches issue of religion. In terms of anti BJP stance he has been one of most vocal voices like Shabana, Javed and Naseer.

Being a muslim my friends n colleagues used to get surprised how I knew so much about hindu mythology n gods etc which they too didn't knew. It's because I used to watch movies n shows n than surf net to know deeper Stories.

Bollywood is Targeted to keep audience mind busy otherwise audience will start questioning current government about unemployment, poverty, sale of public assets, rising debt.

Bollywood, politics n religion r favourite topic among masses. Politicians don't want public to discuss political issues hence they give them bollywood and religion topics.

And you make fake IDs every 3 days to stalk me..🤣

Originally posted by: atominis

Aamir is anti BJP but not anti Hindu. He had vehemently bashed Modi for 2002 riots. Otherwise I have never seen him target any religion or community. Except PK, he has done no film which touches issue of religion. In terms of anti BJP stance he has been one of most vocal voices like Shabana, Javed and Naseer.

He never opened his mouth when congress was in power. I remember his movie was not released in Gujarat as he spoke against Narmada Dam along with Medha Patekar.