Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Bollywood During Modi Era (2019-2022)
Keywords:
Islam, Muslims, Bollywood, Kashmir Files, Tanhji, Panipat and Sooryanvanshi, Representation, Narendra Modi Era, FramingAbstract
The main focus of this study is to explore the representation of Islam and Muslims in the Bollywood movies during Modi era (2019-2022). We intend to explore how Islam and Muslims have been portrayed in the selected Bollywood movies. In this context we have accomplished content analysis of top four Bollywood movies portraying the image of Islam and Muslims during the era of Narendra Modi i.e. 2019-2022. Within the premise of framing theory and with the help of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the selected movies this research finds out that the representation of Islam and Muslims in these movies is stereotypically negative. Our findings show that Islam and Muslims have been attributed with terrorism and negative roles in the selected movies; Kashmir Files, Tanhji, Panipat and Sooryanvanshi. Muslim characters have been portrayed negatively in terms of their appearances, language, and profession which, apparently, promote hatred against the Islam and Muslims.
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