What is it about?
This chapter discusses the portrayal of international border conflicts in popular Bollywood cinema. It focuses on how real-life terrorist acts and military retaliation are used as contexts to produce violent cinematic spectacles of rhetorical and dramatic quality.
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Why is it important?
It explores the portrayal of international border conflicts in Bollywood cinema, the use of real-life terrorist acts and military retaliation as contexts for producing violent cinematic spectacles, the reflection of political and social realities of India, and the shaping of public opinion and construction of national identity through cinema
Perspectives
This chapter analyzes how cinema contributes to the elevation of cross border conflicts in the context of contemporary India.
ADITH K SURESH
MacEwan University
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This page is a summary of: Surgical Strikes on Screen: Narrations of Terrorism and Military Cross-Border Violence In Bollywood Cinema, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05390-0_9.
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