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Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Essays

Decoding Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam: Where Brahmin-Bashing and Love Jehad Team up

Decoding Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam: Where Brahmin-Bashing and Love Jehad Team up

A deeply scholarly analysis of how the 1999 Hindi film, "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" subtly promotes Love Jehad by using Brahmin-bashing as one of its premises. Also included is a detailed critique of the superhit song, "chand chupa badal mein."

By Sandeep Balakrishna
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Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali Have the Guts to tell the Full Story of Ala-ud-din Khilji?

Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali Have the Guts to tell the Full Story of Ala-ud-din Khilji?

And so it begins again. As the release date for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest opium-addled celluloid perversity approaches, all manner of politicisation has erupted once again. If Karni Sena’s preemptory antics are on the one side, its wealthy, celebrity Sepoy cousin, Devdutt Pattnaik is on the other.

By Sandeep Balakrishna
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