A Film Doesn’t Feel Like Propaganda If You Never Pause to Notice

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Posted: a day ago
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The film worked, the propaganda didn't. Nobody who previously thought that Demonetization was a historical blunder suddenly changed their mind because Dhar said so. Gen Z is a lot more aware than their predecessors and treat fiction, as fiction. Appreciate Dhar's craft but examine his intent with a lot of skepticism.
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Je main vi jaan manga te

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Posted: a day ago
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Originally posted by: woodland

Je main vi jaan manga te

Eh loi teri hai 😃

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Posted: a day ago
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Have you even seen the films? Lol

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Posted: a day ago
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Ppl who r praising the movie now for propoganda part will make fun of it in future. Ppl on social media already know that movie has distorted whole timeline n demonetization served no purpose in curbing out terrorism because terrorist attacks still happening. Demonetization was done to help rich ppl.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW88srVkcwo/

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Simple answer from Gen Z when I said there was too much violence, beheading etc. “unko wo karne me problem nahi hui, aapko dekhne me problem hai??”

And people think GenZ doesn’t register it!

This is the same GenZ that is calling out conversion racket by corporates..however powerful or reputed they may be. It doesn’t hesitate in calling spade a spade.

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Originally posted by: naaznin

Ppl who r praising the movie now for propoganda part will make fun of it in future. Ppl on social media already know that movie has distorted whole timeline n demonetization served no purpose in curbing out terrorism because terrorist attacks still happening. Demonetization was done to help rich ppl.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW88srVkcwo/

Kar lo jitna ‘expose’ karna hai. It has registered as the highest grossing film and GenZ is unapologetic about it. Millenials n boomers can try to fabricate as many exposes as they want..target achieved

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Posted: a day ago
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Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon

Kar lo jitna ‘expose’ karna hai. It has registered as the highest grossing film and GenZ is unapologetic about it. Millenials n boomers can try to fabricate as many exposes as they want..target achieved


It's not about movie. Disclaimer already said it's a fiction. Movie can make as much money it wants it's a business after all.

But what was shown in movie was wrong n why ppl have problem if someone criticizes it. Director can show anything in movie but audience can't even criticize it 😂Is it partial democracy.

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Posted: a day ago
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Disagree with the OP.

Movies as a tool of propaganda always existed and worked exceedingly well. Social media algorithms didn't make Dhurandhar an ATBB.

Dhurandhar succeeded because It is an excellent product for which people are willing to spend money happily and more than once for many of them.

Pathan is propaganda too showing ISI agents and PaK PM as very good guys and supportive of India and that is not true either so what if Aditya Dhar showed Demonetization as intentional fight against cross border terrorism. It is atleast a partial truth as It was one of the intended objectives stated by the government along with confiscating all black money from the economy. The second intention didn't work the first did and Khanani did die of suicide as per news reports connecting events with creative dramatisation is what movie makers do.

Mission Kashmir was anti govt Propaganda, Machis was pro maoist propaganda, and we have so many others as well.

You don't want to watch pro govt propaganda don't watch. But don't claim that Aditya Dhar is the only one doing propaganda when the biggest propaganda agent is YRf doing pakistan propaganda since ages ( Fanaa, Veer Zara, Pathan Jawan, Tiger series) and others as well like VVC or Hirani or Vishal Bhardwaj who do anti govt propaganda too and those movies were well made and hence successful too

Your blood is blood and our blood tomato sauce doesn't work

Freedom to criticize should be equal for everyone. If you have a right to criticize Dhurandhar as pro govt propaganda then we also have a right to call out your hypocrisy is not calling out other movies for anti govt propaganda.

If you post an opinion on social media criticising a movie then you have no right cry when those who like the movie criticise your opinion

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