Visual Grandeur, Imagined Glory: Identity Politics and Hindu Nationalism in Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat

This paper examines the tropes through which the Hindi (Bollywood) historical films Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018) create idealised pasts on screen that speak to Hindu nationalist politics of present-day India. Bajirao Mastani is based on a popular tale of love, between Bajirao I (1700-...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: 2018 International Conference on Religion and Film, Toronto
Main Author: Roy, Baijayanti 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2018
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-33
Further subjects:B Hindutva
B Nationalism
B Islam
B Politics
B Hinduism
B History
B Bollywood
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