Bollywood has been always a very faithful mirror to indian society. It reflected the aspirations and the struggles of Indian society. But now bollywood films are about war, you know, they are about this muscular jingoism that is violent and exclusive. And i think that's alienating, and i think it's dangerous. I'm one of those people that really does believe that politics is in everything. You know, when i sit down to watch a polywood movie to day, i'm not comfortable. I'm uncomfortable watching it. Unfortunately, culture only moves when it's free of constraints. The aesthetic has got ae its fine. It also the miliataristic messagi
Samira Ahmed speaks to the author Fatima Bhutto about the power of writing fiction, growing up in one of Pakistan’s most famous political dynasties and why she blames her aunt, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, for the death of her father.
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