Bollywood and Hindu Nationalism

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) offers an example of how Bollywood cinema continues to reap success at the box-office by tapping into the Hindu viewers' familiarity with Hindu gods, mythological tales, and religious performance traditions. The film employs the Hindu epic Ramayana in ways that celebrate and consolidate Hindu identity through the visual representation of Hindu religious rituals and performances. The …