The Bollywood Cinema of India-Pakistan Relations

About 20 years ago Main Hoon Na was released with the intent to ease the tension between Pakistan and India.

With the issue of parental separation, better love, and devotion to a cause the movie was a great storyteller. Protrayel of maniacs that thrive on differences between people and capitalize on hatred with the intent to ambush project “Millap” which translates to reconciliation.

The Shah Rukh Khan story wasn’t a movie ahead of its time but one that seems to be a necessity when it comes to the relationship between the two sister nations.

Main Hoon Na does not stand alone with its message for peace between the two nations there are other notable mercies from My Name Is Khan to Shurya with births from Accidental Prime Minister; a Movie centering around Manmohan Sing’s two tenures.

My Name is Khan is a timeless classic, the one where a Muslim man with Asperger’s syndrome finds his way for a cause to ensure that Muslims can live peacefully in a post-9/11 world. The movie focuses on interfaith harmony and how blind assertions can marginalize communities.

The movie found its way to touching many different faiths and pushes us to readdress our attitude toward those around us who are different from us. This idea was asserted on both a microscopic and macroscopic level.

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Shaurya is another classic with Rahul Bose in the lead. The movie dealt with sensitive issues of how human emotion can dictate their action in every aspect of their life and how it affects mental health.

The movie centers around the Indian Army and its Brigadier Rudra Pratap played by the versatile actor K.K Menon out of his grief over the murder of his family by a young Muslim house servant who kills innocent Muslims under a false flag operation.

Rahul Bose portrays Major Siddhant, a young army lawyer finding his way in his profession. The movie in its climax tells the tale of hatred and marginalization. Democratic ideals and institutional professionalism are also the subject of the film. The movie directs the course on emotional stability and how fragile human emotions are.

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This and other aspects add to the hatred of the Brigadier of a particular segment of society; Muslims, and how democracy is a curse for the society.

Another movie that needs attention is The Accidental Prime Minister, based on the two tenures of Manmohal Singh portrayed by Anupam Kher in the movie, originally presented in a book authored by Sanjaya Baru who acted as an adviser to Manmohal Singh, portrayed by Akshaye Khanna.

The movie directs an episode where Manmohan Singh desires to tackle the Kashmir issue but due to internal rifts has to back off. This was about Musharraf-Manmohal’s understanding of the Kashmir issue. On the Pakistani end, Musharrad wasn’t the man with the right training for the job he wished for.

It will take more than a movie to understand the conflict between India and Pakistan, moreover, with the Indian elections around the corner Pakistan slogans are a central theme for politicizing, divide and rule policy.