Dhurandhar: Why are left fundamentalists angry with the expression of creative freedom and freedom of speech ?
Conclusion: Since this is a long article, I will put the conclusion first. Feel free to read the reasoning after the conclusion. Dhurandhar forces you to think rationally and is slickly made. And this was something that left fundamentalists always felt was their domain: Thinking and well made propaganda films which pandered to western media and aligned with their colonial mindset. Dhurandhar breaks all traditional Bollywood tropes, is rough, is slick and confronts some tough truths. It doesn’t preach, it doesn’t seek validation, it doesn’t apologize. It is rooted, it is grounded and it is brilliant and most importantly it shows the other side of the coin. And this is what is triggering everyone ( and probably that the second Dhurandhar film will also be 1000 crore film) Dhurandhar: Indian cinema’s Oppenheimer Moment There are times when a movie stops being a story, a drama or just another creative expression. It gets elevated to cinema. A cult is created and this...