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BOLLYWOOD'S ARTICULATION OF PAKISTAN AND DISCURSIVE FORMATION

    1 Author(s):  KAVERI BEDI

Vol -  7, Issue- 7 ,         Page(s) : 14 - 32  (2016 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to trace the role of cinema as a significant tool of discursive formation, to explore films as constitutive sites of politics, and to analyse the representation of dominant statist knowledge through films. The paper will engage with these questions by using the lens of Ontological Security Theory to find dominant elements of the Indian as well as the Pakistani identity. It is for this purpose that the paper explores mainstream Hindi films wherein a significant portion of the narrative revolves around the dynamics between India and Pakistan with respect to the themes of war and terrorism, with Pakistan mainly being portrayed as the ‘other’ or the enemy. The focus will be on identifying the religious and nationalistic ideology that these films evoke and the extent to which the Hindutva politics, Diaspora politics and the Indo-Pak relations have determined or impacted the ideological leanings of these films. To further establish the inter-textuality between politics and popular culture, the paper would pay a keen attention to how the changing political dynamics between the two countries impacted the cinematic articulation and portrayal of Pakistan or the ‘other’ in these films.

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