Geez Louise care for a bit of nuance here
Reviewers can have an opinion and not be abused for it - yep
Reviewers can be challenged on their opinion since they decided to put it out on a public platform - yep
Reviewers and film journos can be called out if they repetitively exhibit a pattern of favouring specific ppl in the industry while trying to come across as credible and neutral - yep
Anyone who likes durandhar is propoganda people and sanghi people - nope
Anyone who dosent like durandhar are pak apologists - no
Films can be patriotic and well made - yep
All patriotic films are propaganda films - nope
Having villains belonging to a specific religion or race is not automatic grounds for assuming that specific race or religion is villainous - yep
Fin.
I swear if Lagaan was made in todayβs day and age it would be called βpropagandaβ against the Britβs and be written off β¦
Itβs a patriotic filmβ¦that took inspiration from real incidents (Britβs rule in India and how they treated Indians) to craft a fictional story and shot it in an engaging manner that connected with people..just because the film has British villains does not mean the film is inciting violence against the Britβs β¦itβs a choice to have them as villain in THAT story..much like what dhurandhar or uri did
A film like Shamshera/ shyaam Singha Roy had a tilak wearing Brahmin as the villainβ¦its not telling u to hate Hindus
A film like taare zameen par had parents who failed to understand their childβs dyslexia and kept pressuring him to study β¦its not telling u to hate ur parents
A film like pushpa and kgf had criminals as their protagonists β¦its not telling u to become a smugglerβ¦
Sheesh cant believe this has to be spelt out β¦like or dislike a film thats a choice β¦but itβs whatβs with the constant βwhat is the filmmaker intending to tell uβ nonsense β¦filmmaker is intending to tell u a story..
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