Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood: A New Front in the Battle for Cultural Hegemony
This paper examines the weaponization by Hindu right-wing politics of the suicide of a young Hindi film actor in September 2020. It argues that his death was invoked in particular ways to sharpen the attack on the Bombay film industry as part of the larger concerted move by the RSS to control and pu...
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| description | This paper examines the weaponization by Hindu right-wing politics of the suicide of a young Hindi film actor in September 2020. It argues that his death was invoked in particular ways to sharpen the attack on the Bombay film industry as part of the larger concerted move by the RSS to control and purge spaces seen as either controlled by “left liberals,” or as syncretic and unamenable to Hindu-Muslim polarization. In the course of this attack, some differences within the Hindutva camp have become evident, a phenomenon this paper examines closely. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-47806ef0cfa44388b3a0dc0f4921b5982025-08-20T01:55:21ZengCentre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du SudSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal1960-60602020-11-012410.4000/samaj.6846Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood: A New Front in the Battle for Cultural HegemonyNivedita MenonThis paper examines the weaponization by Hindu right-wing politics of the suicide of a young Hindi film actor in September 2020. It argues that his death was invoked in particular ways to sharpen the attack on the Bombay film industry as part of the larger concerted move by the RSS to control and purge spaces seen as either controlled by “left liberals,” or as syncretic and unamenable to Hindu-Muslim polarization. In the course of this attack, some differences within the Hindutva camp have become evident, a phenomenon this paper examines closely.https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/6846BollywoodShiv SenaSushant Singh RajputBharatiya Janata Party |
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| title | Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood: A New Front in the Battle for Cultural Hegemony |
| title_full | Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood: A New Front in the Battle for Cultural Hegemony |
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| title_short | Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood: A New Front in the Battle for Cultural Hegemony |
| title_sort | hindu rashtra and bollywood a new front in the battle for cultural hegemony |
| topic | Bollywood Shiv Sena Sushant Singh Rajput Bharatiya Janata Party |
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