Bahubali - A Propaganda Movie?
It is very depressing to see some reviewers and journalists categorise Bahubali as an upper caste Hindu film. Certain articles in newspapers and journals somehow picturise it as a film that promotes the caste hierarchy as it emphasises on Kshatriya Dharma in a few instances. Some say that it reinforces Hindu iconography as it shows giant elephants and Brahmin priests chanting shlokas and conducting yajnas; that it somewhere, somehow has transformed itself into a Hindu propaganda movie. Bahubali, no doubt is very similar to ancient Indian mythology that most Indians are familiar with. But does depicting Indian mythology in a film make it a propaganda movie? Does depicting giant elephants and Brahmin priests suddenly make the movie divisive? Values that real Hindutva embody, contrary to what right wing elements spread today, are values that can be considered true learning lessons of life. Bahubali is no different. The movie depicts a great prince (who unfortunately was not crowned t...
