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 today’s day and age it would be called “propaganda” against the Brit’s and be written off …
It’s a patriotic film…that took inspiration from real incidents (Brit’s 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 Brit’s …it’s 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 villain…its not telling u to hate Hindus
A film like taare zameen par had parents who failed to understand their child’s dyslexia and kept pressuring him to study …its not telling u to hate ur parents
A film like pushpa and kgf had criminals as their protagonists …its not telling u to become a smuggler…
Sheesh cant believe this has to be spelt out …like or dislike a film thats a choice …but it’s what’s with the constant “what is the filmmaker intending to tell u” nonsense …filmmaker is intending to tell u a story..
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