Propaganda Warfare Now Extends To Cinema

Critics have found fault with the three films released this week, which are overtly political.

- Buroshiva Dasgupta

One is on the former prime minister who is depicted as a ‘paper tiger’ or a puppet of a ruling family. The second is on the strategic strikes on the Uri border which is propagated by the present government as an answer to Pakistan’s dabbling with India’s security. The third film is a biopic on the present prime minister.

Cinema is a powerful medium and political parties throughout the world, in different strategic periods of time, have used it for its own benefit. Most remarkable are the German propaganda films which were used during the World Wars to make the public understand the uses of war. Even children films were made to improve tolerance among the kids.