Why Sooryavanshi's success at the box office should worry us all - Page 13

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Rana Ayyub does have many articulate and valid journalistic think pieces. This is not one of them.

Ever since I was a child, I remember Indian movies having caricaturish and simplistic depictions of the religious divides in India. They are always black and white with very little room for grey. They say simplistically divide a diverse population into good Indians and bad Indians. Sooryavanshi is not the first movie to do this nor will it be the last movie to do this. And these movies are always a hit.

It's not just religion, it is just how masala movies deal with social issues in general. Simmba too was a loud rape-revenge story. It completely lacked nuance and fed into the Madonna-whore duality of Indian society.

I think the better topic and the bigger question is - why the continued success of masala films with oversimplified and often problematic depictions of social issues should worry us.

The reason why such things are an issue right now is that in the past India was just a pot of water. It could spill, splish, and splash but was typically harmless. Under the current regime, India is a pot of boiling water. The molecules are all agitated and constantly vibrating. It doesn't take much to boil over, burn, and scald.

Now that is a topic, worth the debate!

NOT this which seemed to have been put together with a single pointed agenda of somehow victimizing the Muslims and blaming the majority- that too for what? for watching a stupid movie.

Originally posted by: Journey95

He could have mentioned them to show that there have been extremists on both sides instead of villifying only Muslims while Hindus are saints. Then again we can't have that since your type also thinks that only Islamic extremism is a problem.

This is just like the numerous historical movies portraying every Muslim as some cartoon villian while every Hindu is some 100% nice and good hero.

But you won't get it I suppose

You're literally saying that characters from 1993 should be talking about blasts in 2006 some 13 years later. Also, I mentioned 3-4 movies made under BJP rule that portrayed Hindu extremists. But you keep whining about 'why Hindu shown goody do'. So we know who has comprehension problems here.

I get it. You're a troll. We all get it. Peace out.

Originally posted by: Mahisa_22

You're literally saying that characters from 1993 should be talking about blasts in 2006 some 13 years later. Also, I mentioned 3-4 movies made under BJP rule that portrayed Hindu extremists. But you keep whining about 'why Hindu shown goody do'. So we know who has comprehension problems here.

I get it. You're a troll. We all get it. Peace out.

All the movies you mentioned are from years ago, at the beginning of BJP rule so they don't count since they didn't have enough influence back then. Show movies like PK, Haider etc. from the past 5 years.

I'll wait

Originally posted by: catchmeifucan

Now that is a topic, worth the debate!

NOT this which seemed to have been put together with a single pointed agenda of somehow victimizing the Muslims and blaming the majority- that too for what? for watching a stupid movie.

Its just a stupid movie if you ignore the current political situation...count it and this movie becomes clear propaganda

Originally posted by: Journey95

All the movies you mentioned are from years ago, at the beginning of BJP rule so they don't count since they didn't have enough influence back then. Show movies like PK, Haider etc. from the past 5 years.

I'll wait

They won very comfortably the first time..didn't have enough influence???

There were doubts abt BJP winning second time around saying they lost influence on voters.

Anyways..not a topic worth debating

Originally posted by: niyati13

They won very comfortably the first time..didn't have enough influence???

There were doubts abt BJP winning second time around saying they lost influence on voters.

Anyways..not a topic worth debating

Niyati, don't argue with trolls. I made a mistake by engaging. We all know that anti-Hindu web series like Leila, Ghoul etc were made 2-3 years back, but can't make the trolls understand. PK was made in 2015, almost a year after BJP won with 300-something votes.

Don't feed the trolls.

I have got a general question..what's more harmful..only verbal extremism n toxicity or both verbal n physical?

Originally posted by: niyati13

I have got a general question..what's more harmful..only verbal extremism n toxicity or both verbal n physical?

More harmful would be physical no ?

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

More harmful would be physical no ?

True..so why r we even discussing what some extremists or trolls speak just to become news on social media. They will speak more when spoken about. Let them live and deal with their toxicity.

Originally posted by: niyati13

True..so why r we even discussing what some extremists or trolls speak just to become news on social media. They will speak more when spoken about. Let them live and deal with their toxicity.

What if the trolls show up for cinema to attack people ?

I remember when I went to see avengers endgame. I had a water bottle full of vodka. You should’ve been there 😆