SMOKERS’ CORNER: Bollywood’s Hold on Pakistan
It never ceases to baffle me how Bollywood films, frequently stuffed with overt, heavy-handed propaganda against Pakistan, effortlessly climb to the top of Netflix’s trending charts in Pakistan. This dichotomy is by no means an indictment of the patriotism of Pakistani viewers. It is, instead, a fascinating sociological puzzle worth exploring. The contradiction feels all the more glaring given…
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SMOKERS’ CORNER: Bollywood’s Hold on Pakistan (opens Dawn in a new tab)
It never ceases to baffle me how Bollywood films, frequently stuffed with overt, heavy-handed propaganda against Pakistan, effortlessly climb to the top of Netflix’s trending charts in Pakistan. This dichotomy is by no means an indictment of the patriotism of…
