# gemsofbollywood.com


## Posts

- ['Tarqeeb Number 420', That Is Mass Molestation, Is Heroic Act (Bandish)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tarqeeb-number-420-that-is-mass-molestation-is-heroic-act-bandish): Are you aware of the Arabic term 'Taharrush'? If not, read about it right away. It is a barbaric mass rape ritual involving scores of men surrounding one girl. Watch this clip below from Bandish (1980), featuring Rajesh Khanna, who calls molesting women half his age as his 'Tarqeeb 420'.…
- [Our Love is 'Pure Like Quran', Sings Hindu Couple (Pyaar Zindagi Hai)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-his-love-is-pak-like-quran-pyaar-zindagi-hai): Watch this clip from 'Pyaar Zindagi Hai' (2001), where the hero croons that his love is "pak, like Quran" with the reverent hand gestures. To this, the heroine falls on his feet, stares hard at the top of his pant and says, "I will worship you like you are Bhagwaan" This movie came out in […]
- [When Allah Locket Is Hero Of The Film (Geraftaar)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-allah-locket-is-hero-of-the-film-geraftaar): Watch this gem of a scene from Geraftaar (1985) where a young boy named Karan is drowning. While all others are mere bystanders screaming in panic, only one little boy named Hussain dares to dive in. What makes this child so courageous, you wonder? It is the power of his Allah locket.…
- [Ask Me Anything — With Founder Of Gems Of Bollywood, Sanjeev Newar](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ask-me-anything-with-founder-of-gems-of-bollywood-sanjeev-newar): Interactive live session with Sanjeev Newar, founder of Gems Of Bollywood
- [Breaking Murti Of Hindu Deity Is Comedy (DDLJ)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/breaking-murti-of-hindu-deity-is-comedy-ddlj): If Shahrukh Khan can be credited for promoting Women's Hockey in his films, then perhaps he can also be held responsible for encouraging the vandalization of Hindu idols in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'.…
- [Vilifying Hindu Gods To Justify Lechery (Mehboob Mere Mehboob)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/vilifying-hindu-gods-to-justify-lechery-mehboob-mere-mehboob): The main characters in this movie are from Urdu-speaking Muslim families. But when they are busy with their amatory dance numbers, they claim to be like Lord Krishna and Gopikas. Any Hindu would be appalled at equating such debauchery with a spiritual metaphor, but who cares about Hindu sentiments i…
- [Double-Meaning Comments And Groping is Comedy (Mehboob Mere Mehboob)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/double-meaning-comments-and-groping-is-comedy-mehboob-mere-mehboob): Film: Mehboob Mere Mehboob (1992) Actors: Pratibha, Roy Mukherjee, Mohnish Behl Producer: Bharat Shah Dialogues: Aziz Quisi A woman complains that Ranjha forcibly disrobed her to "look for two pigeons under her dupatta", and many women laugh at her story.…
- [Promotion Of Smoking For Children In Byomkesh Bakshi](https://gemsofbollywood.com/promotion-of-smoking-for-children-in-byomkesh-bakshi): Looks like the United Front government in 1997 had no qualms in promoting smoking among children. They used the most popular sleuth icon of the 90s to do so. Below is a scene from Byomkesh Bakshi, Season 2, Episode "Balak Jasoos" telecast in 1997 on the state-owned Doordarshan.…
- [Using Bhajans As Excuse To Hit On Women (Manchali)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhajans-are-an-excuse-to-hit-on-women-manchali): In Bollywood, Namaz deserves a dignified and meditative setting, while Bhajans are just an excuse for the hero to flirt with the heroine. Watch this gem featuring Sanjeev Kumar and Leena Chandavarkar in 'Manchali', a movie written by communist Krishan Chander.…
- [Mockery of Mahabharata And Krishna (14 Phere)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mockery-of-mahabharata-and-krishna-14-phere): Dushshasan disrobing Draupadi and Krishna being beaten up is what passes off as comedy in film 14 Phere. Can Bollywood try these jokes from stories of other faiths? Film features Vikrant Massey and Kriti Kharbanda.
- [जानिए कैसे हिन्दू विरोधी पाकिस्तान के सितारों को बॉलीवुड ने सर आँखों पर बैठाया](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anti-india-pakistani-actors-bollywood): हिन्दू लड़की-मुस्लिम लड़के की कहानी बॉलीवुड फिल्म निर्माताओं के लिए सबसे अच्छे विषयों में से एक रहा है। अपने इस सेक्युलर एजेंडे को हिंदुस्तान के फिल्म निर्माता कभी स्पष्ट तौर पर मुख्य किरदारों के माध्यम से तो कभी साइड लाइन में चल रही दूसरी कहानी के जरिए बड़ी चतुराई से पेश करते हैं।…
- [Why #BoycottBrahmastra Is Trending: Explained](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/why-boycottbrahmastra-is-trending-explained): The Mumbai-based Bollywood film industry is in a crisis with a spate of big-budget films proving to be commercial and critical disasters.
- [Maha Chor (1976)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/maha-chor-1976): Emergency era’s Maha Chor loves Congress, is secular but screams at Hindus deities
- [Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kuch-kuch-hota-hai-1998): Aarti is a joke, namaz fulfils wishes and other lessons
- [Ram Lakhan (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ram-lakhan-1989): Forcing eggs on vegetarian Hindus, naming greedy loafer as Lakhan, chanting of ‘Om’ is sexual
- [Chandni Chowk To China (2009)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chandni-chowk-to-china-2009): Hindu devotees are buffoons, seek hoor in their prayers – this ‘Kung-Fu Panda’ rip-off is tickling no one’s ribs
- [Badle Ki Aag (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/badle-ki-aag-1982): 'Khooni Diwali', 'Jism ki Garmi' and other disturbing tropes
- [Daag (1952)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/daag-1952): Hate Baniya, reject Hindu Gods — lessons comrade Amiya Chakravarty teaches us in 'Daag'
- [Deedar-E-Yar (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/deedar-e-yar-1982): When Bollywood A-listers transferred wives, bonded over saliva
- [Sooryavanshi (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sooryavanshi-2021): The “good Muslim v/s bad Muslim” trope and making fun of Hindu icons
- [Jugnu (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jugnu-1973): Year of release: 1973
- [Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sapno-ka-saudagar-1968): Demonising Diwali, demeaning Hindus — Hema Malini’s debut
- [The Rape-Celebration Genre In Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/the-rape-celebration-genre-in-bollywood): Two weeks ago, the makers of Liger (the movie is releasing today), posted a song from the film on various social media accounts. Titled Aafat (nuisance), the song features the film’s lead actors, Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Pandey.
- [Zanjeer (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/zanjeer-1973): Khooni Holi, affable Pakhtoon don, Thook wala pyaar
- [Chadar At Ajmer Sharif And Praises On Prithviraj Chauhan Cannot Go Hand-In-Hand; Chishti Blessed Ghori To Defeat Prithviraj, As Per His Biography](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/chadar-at-ajmer-sharif-and-praises-on-prithviraj-chauhan-cannot-go-hand-in-hand-chishti): More than a century ago, when the fledgling Mumbai-based Hindi cinema industry attempted a full-length feature film, it chose the subject as life of the legendary king Raja Harishchandra.
- [On Kabir Khan’s Admission That His ‘Politics’ Inspired Song Where Devout Hanuman Bhakt Wants To Eat Meat Even At The Cost Of His Faith](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/on-kabir-khans-admission-that-his-politics-inspired-song-where-devout-hanuman-bhakt-wants): Filmmaker Kabir Khan has made a revelation regarding a song in his 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
- [Bihar Woman Thrashed In Golden Temple On Suspicion Of Smoking Beedi, Incident Caught On Video](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/bihar-woman-thrashed-in-golden-temple-on-suspicion-of-smoking-beedi-incident-caught-on): A woman was thrashed by sewadars at the Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar city earlier this week for smoking beedi in the premises.
- [‘Real Love Story Is When Girl Is Hindu Thakur And Boy Is Miyan Bhai’: 'Atrangi Re' Gives Boost To One-Way Interfaith Love Propaganda](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/real-love-story-is-when-girl-is-hindu-thakur-and-boy-is-miyan-bhai-atrangi-re-gives-boost): Midway during Atrangi Re, lead actress Sara Ali Khan, playing a character named Fatima, tells a friend, “I am a Muslim Pathan girl. He is bhagwadhari Hindu. This is what you call a real love story.”
- [The Missing ‘Diwali’ From Bollywood’s Repertoire Of Festive Films And Songs](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/the-missing-diwali-from-bollywoods-repertoire-of-festive-films-and-songs): Take 30 seconds and think of a Diwali celebration song from any Bollywood film. Okay, take a minute. Still can’t think of one? Take a minute more. Okay fine, go Google.
- [Shashi Tharoor Claims There Is A Conspiracy Against Bollywood. Here’s A Response](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/shashi-tharoor-claims-there-is-a-conspiracy-against-bollywood-heres-a-response): Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor thinks there is a “conspiracy” going on against Bollywood. He stated this bizarre theory in a recent column for The Hindu newspaper.
- [Punjabi Singer-Actor Ammy Virk Apologises To Muslim Groups For Using ‘Rasul’ In A Song](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/punjabi-singer-actor-ammy-virk-apologises-to-muslim-groups-for-using-rasul-in-a-song): Punjabi singer-actor Ammy Virk has issued an apology after being harassed by Muslim organisations for the word ‘Rasul’ featuring in a song he is associated with. In Arabic, the word translates to ‘messenger’ or ‘prophet’.
- [Naseeruddin Shah Wants To Save ‘Hindustani Islam’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/naseeruddin-shah-wants-to-save-hindustani-islam): Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah recently recorded and circulated a minute-long video of him, slamming many Indian Muslims’ support to Taliban and appealing for a reformed, modern Islam.
- [Mob Attack In Delhi Over Hindu Man-Muslim Woman Marriage Is A Reminder That Tolerance For Interfaith Unions Is One-Way Street](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/mob-attack-in-delhi-over-hindu-man-muslim-woman-marriage-is-a-reminder-that-tolerance-for): In his seminal book Pakistan, or The Partition of India, B R Ambedkar supported the concerns expressed by Hindus over ‘interfaith’ mingling of men and women.
- [Two Years Ago, A Hindu Dentist Was Murdered Near Dasna Temple In Headlines Now; His Family Lives In Perpetual Fear Today](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/two-years-ago-a-hindu-dentist-was-murdered-near-dasna-temple-in-headlines-now-his-family): A recent incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, where a video shows a 14-year-old boy being beaten up by some men in a Hindu temple, has received a lot of attention of the media, opposition parties and Bollywood personalities who routinely comment on political and social events.
- [Actor Naseeruddin Shah’s Comment On ‘Love Jihad’, Reported As Important News In Media, Is An Ill-Informed Rant](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/actor-naseeruddin-shahs-comment-on-love-jihad-reported-as-important-news-in-media-is-an): Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has called Uttar Pradesh’s anti-forced conversion law, loosely called ‘love jihad’ law, a “tamasha” in a recent video.
- [Amid Row Over His ‘Humane Ravana’ Statement, A Look At Saif Ali Khan’s History And Controversies](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/amid-row-over-his-humane-ravana-statement-a-look-at-saif-ali-khans-history-and): Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has apologised for his recent statement made to a newspaper that his upcoming film Adipurush will justify Ravana’s abduction of Sita and will show Ravana as humane.
- [‘What About Khajuraho’ Is A Nonsensical, Dishonest Argument For Kissing Scenes In Temples](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/what-about-khajuraho-is-a-nonsensical-dishonest-argument-for-kissing-scenes-in-temples): Streaming platform Netflix was recently embroiled in a mild controversy when an FIR was filed against two of its executives for hurting religious sentiments by showing a couple kissing in a temple.
- [Mira Nair’s 'A Suitable Boy' Removes All Nuance From Conflict Themes In Vikram Seth’s Original Work](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/mira-nairs-a-suitable-boy-removes-all-nuance-from-conflict-themes-in-vikram-seths): Those who aren’t die-hard fans of, or familiar with, Vikram Seth’s celebrated novel A Suitable Boy, know of its television adaptation by the police case against its makers for hurting religious sentiments.
- [संगीतकार वाजिद खान की पूर्व बीवी ने साझा किया दर्द, बताया कैसे होता था धर्मपरिवर्तन का दबाव](https://gemsofbollywood.com/musician-wajid-khans-ex-wife-shared-her-pain-told-how-there-was-pressure-to-convert-hi): बॉलीवुड के रुपहले पर्दे की चकाचौंध में न जाने कितनी सिसकियाँ दबी हुई हैं। बॉलीवुड के कलाकारों, फिल्म निर्माताओं और संगीतकारों द्वारा भोली-भाली युवतियों के यौन शोषण की बातें कभी कभार ही सामने आती हैं। बॉलीवुड में यौन पिपासुओं की लॉबी इतनी सशक्त है कि किसी भी युवती को पर्दे के पीछे का काला सच उजागर कर…
- [धार्मिक ग्रंथो के बारे में हमारी अज्ञानता देती है बॉलीवुड को मज़ाक उड़ाने का मौका](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ignorance-about-religion): आज के 24×7 व्यस्त जीवन में ऐसे बहुत मिलेनियल्स होंगे जिन्हें हमारे वेद-पुराण पढ़ने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त नहीं हुआ। हमारा मानना है कि इसमें बच्चों से ज्यादा दोषी उनके माँ-पिता हैं जिन्होंने बच्चों को हिन्दू धर्म की उस अलौकिक विरासत के बारे में नहीं बताया जिससे आज सारी दुनिया ज्ञान ले रही है।…
- [फिल्म समीक्षा- हिंदुओं का अपमान करती अक्षय कुमार की फिल्म ‘लक्ष्मी’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/film-review-lakshmi-a-movie-insulting-hindus-by-akshay-kumar-hi): आसिफ उर्फ अक्षय कुमार अभिनीत हिन्दी फिल्म लक्ष्मी अपने दूसरे दिन ही सुपर फ्लॉप साबित हो गई। ओटीटी प्लेटफॉर्म पर रिलीज़ हुई इस फिल्म को अब तक जीतने भी लोगों ने देखा है वे अक्षय कुमार के साथ-साथ डिज्नी प्लस हॉटस्टार को भी कोस रहे हैं।…
- [Border (2002)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/border-2002): An interesting but not-so-surprising observation when it comes to the idea of Muslim man-Hindu woman relationships is that while ‘secular’ Bollywood pushes this propaganda subtly, the openly Islamist Lollywood promotes it blatantly.…
- [How Pakistani Films Promote Conversion of Hindu Women Through ‘Interfaith’ Love Stories](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/how-pakistani-films-promote-conversion-of-hindu-women-through-interfaith-love-stories): If the recent Tanishq advertisement and Akshay Kumar’s Diwali release Laxmii sparked outrage by Hindus over the Muslim man-Hindu woman marriage theme, it’s because popular cinema and entertainment celebrates only this theme and seldom shows the reverse, that is, the Hindu man-Muslim woman relationsh…
- [जब अनजाने में अनिल कपूर ने स्वीकारी अंडरवर्ड से होती रहती है बात](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anil-kapoor-admits-his-link-with-underworld-hi): बम प्लास्ट हों या फिर कहीं गोली चल रही हो हमें इस बात से कोई मतलब नहीं है। हम तो कलाकार हैं और हमें सिर्फ नाचने-गाने और फिल्में बनाने से मतलब है। यह कहना है बॉलीवुड अभिनेता अनिल कपूर का।
- [Ludo (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ludo-2020): Usual mockery of cow, mandir and Ramlila
- [On Cow And Mandir Jokes In Anurag Basu’s Netflix Film Ludo](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/on-cow-and-mandir-jokes-in-anurag-basus-netflix-film-ludo): At a time when the world is fiercely debating limits of creative freedom as jokes and cartoons are resulting in not only beheadings but also massive rallies supporting these beheadings, the Indian entertainment industry has little to worry.
- [Review: Akshay Kumar’s Laxmii Has An Islamist And Anti-Saffron Propaganda Written All Over](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/review-akshay-kumars-laxmii-has-an-islamist-and-anti-saffron-propaganda-written-all-over): Two days into its release, the film Laxmii has been dismissed as “trash” and “nonsense” by most reviewers. It’s been called a terrible film on every count – be it the story, its execution, performance and dialogues.…
- [Laxmii (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/laxmii-2020): A two-hour ad on supremacy of green over saffron
- [बॉलीवुड सितारे दीवाली पर पटाखों को बताते प्रदूषण, खुद घूमते हैं प्राइवेट जेट में!](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hypocrisy-of-bollywood-firecrackers-pollute-private-jets-not-hi): राष्ट्रीय हरित अधिकरण (एनजीटी) ने एक आदेश जारी कर 30 नवंबर की आधी रात तक दिल्ली-एनसीआर समेत देश के हर उस शहर में पटाखे जलाने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है जहां की हवा “बेहद खतरनाक” या “खतरनाक” स्तर पर पहुँच गई है।…
- [वैष्णो देवी मंदिर जाना पैसे की बरबादी, अजमेर शरीफ से कोई परहेज नहीं – अक्षय कुमार उर्फ आसिफ](https://gemsofbollywood.com/akshay-kumar-feels-going-to-vaishno-devi-is-waste-of-time-and-money-hi): फिल्म अभिनेता अक्षय कुमार का कहना है कि अब उन्हें वैष्णो देवी मंदिर में जाना समय और पैसे की बरबादी लगता है। वर्ष 2012 में ओह माई गॉड (Oh My God) के प्रोमोशन के दौरान फिल्माए गए इस वीडियो में अक्षय कुमार उर्फ आसिफ कह रहे हैं कि एक समय में वे हर साल वैष्णो देवी (Vaishno Devi) की यात्रा करते थे।…
- [Bollywood Must Stop The Usage Of ‘Kafir’ And Make Amends For Past Wrongs](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/bollywood-must-stop-the-usage-of-kafir-and-make-amends-for-past-wrongs): Actor Sunny Deol, playing Shahzada Izzat Beg from the famous folklore Sohni-Mahiwal, tells his beloved Sohni that he wishes to make an idol resembling her and worship it, even if that would reduce him from a Muslim to a “kaafir”.…
- [Salman Used To Play Cricket With Rahul’s Brother. In Delhi Riots, He Was Part Of The Group That Killed Rahul](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/salman-used-to-play-cricket-with-rahuls-brother-in-delhi-riots-he-was-part-of-the-group): Rahul Solanki was a 26-year-old youth living in Babu Nagar colony of Muslim-dominated Mustafabad, located on northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar Road. A diploma holder in civil engineering, Rahul was working in the marketing firm of a company in Okhla.
- [Five Questions To A Politician Blaming The Indian Culture ‘Glorifying Symbols Of Womanhood’ For Violence On Women](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/five-questions-to-a-politician-blaming-the-indian-culture-glorifying-symbols-of-womanhood): There is a popular line of argument in India to explain the motivations of crimes against women — blame ‘Indian culture’ on it.
- [Exclusive: FIR For ‘False Reporting’ After Media And Twitter Users Cried ‘Rape’ By Cops In Saadat Madrassa During Anti-CAA Stir In UP](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/exclusive-fir-for-false-reporting-after-media-and-twitter-users-cried-rape-by-cops-in): Amid the recent violent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) agitations in Uttar Pradesh (UP), a case of alleged sexual assault by police on minor children in a madrassa had caused sensation on social media. The case involved Saadat hostel-cum-orphanage in Muzaffarnagar town of western UP.
- [Delhi-6 (2009)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/delhi-6-2009): The Hindus of Delhi-6 are a despicable lot
- [Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kya-meri-sonam-gupta-bewafa-hai-2021): Men fall for women who drink beer at Jagrans
- [Raavan Leela/ Bhavai (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ravan-leela-bhavai-2021): Bollywood's "funny" Ram-Leela skits are obsessed with maligning all that is sacred to Hindus
- [Shershaah (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shershaah-2021): Why is a Hindu woman imploring Allah for rebirth?
- [Was The Real Mission of 'Mission Kashmir' to Blame Hindus for Persecution And Glorify Terrorists?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mission-kashmir): A manipulative narrative blaming the Hindus for the 1989 KP genocide
- [Sanju (2018)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sanju-2018): Hindu deities aren't formidable enough to stop people from immoral deeds
- [Hero Hiralal (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hero-hiralal-1988): Insulting name of Bhagwan, slapping lady-love, spitting in customer’s food
- [Masoom (1996)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/masoom-1996): Using children to normalise vulgarity in boyhood
- [Haider (2014)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/haider-2014): Anybody who loves India is a villain in this out-and-out propaganda film
- [When Tabassum’s Mother Azghari Begum Became Shanti Devi By Opting For ‘Shuddhi’ From Swami Shraddhanand](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-tabassums-mother-azghari-begum-became-shanti-devi-by-opting-for-shuddhi-from-swami-shraddhanand): Swami Shraddhanand was shot dead by a fanatic soon after
- [The Fictional Pathan: Why Bollywood Hides The Truth And Celebrates Him](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-fictional-pathan): Maintaining silence on brutalities that unfolded during Partition, Bollywood has created multiple fictional Pathan characters that distort the truth
- [Bollywood’s Portrayal of Lord Ram](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywoods-portrayal-of-lord-ram): Will a revised Adipurush restore public trust in how Bollywood treats Lord Ram?
- [The Demise Of Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-demise-of-bollywood): Laal Singh Chaddha, Shamshera, Samrat Prithviraj, Thank God..The list of back-to-back flops in Bollywood is long. What does it tell us about the future of Bollywood?
- [How Bollywood Turns Rape Into ‘Entertainment’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rape-celebration-in-bollywood): An essay tracing how mainstream films package sexual coercion as titillation — from the Liger song 'Aafat' to a long lineage of scenes that deliberately blur consent for the camera.
- [Anil Kapoor — Shootout at Wadala (2013)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anil-kapoor-shootout-at-wadala): For the 'bhaand', shootout with cops is not as important as accurate portrayal of the underworld
- [Dharmaputra (1961)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dharmaputra-1961): B. R. Chopra fled Lahore with his family during Partition. Years later, he produced a movie directed by his younger brother Yash in which a Muslim man dies fighting the British while a Hindu colludes with them, burning Muslim houses and forcing Muslims to leave India.
- [Aap Ke Saath (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aap-ke-saath-1986): Man and grandpa bond over vulgar fantasies
- [Suhaagan (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/suhagan-1986): How to insult Hindu deities in name of interpretation of Ramayana
- [When Tabassum’s Mother Azghari Begum Became Shanti Devi And Swami Shraddhand Was Shot Dead](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/when-tabassums-mother-azghari-begum-became-shanti-devi-and-swami-shraddhand-was-shot-dead): Well-known television personality Tabassum Govil, known for pioneering talk-shows in India and who won many a hearts by her sweet demeanour and voice, passed away on Friday (18 November) at the age of 78.
- [Badi Behen (1993)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/badi-behen-1993): Hindu family of 'Dwarkaprasad' and 'Lakshmi' keeps a painting of the word "Husain" in their house. Hussain means beautiful or handsome in Arabic.
- [Why are Bollywood Heroes Always Angry With Bhagwan? An Analysis From B&W Era To The Present](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywood-hero-angry-bhagwan): The murti-puja or idol-worship hate genre in Bollywood
- [Chhoti Si Baat (1976)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chhoti-si-baat-1976): Film: Chhoti Si Baat
- [Shaurya (2008)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shaurya-2008): When an anti-Army monologue backfired and how
- ['Adipurush' Release Postponed After Backlash: Why Audience Is Suspicious Of Bollywood’s Portrayal of Ram](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/adipurush-release-postponed-after-backlash-why-audience-is-suspicious-of-bollywoods): The recent announcement by makers of Adipurush to “rework” the film, is unprecedented in the history of Bollywood.
- [Naseeb (1997): Distorting the Ramayan for Cheap Jibes](https://gemsofbollywood.com/naseeb-1997): A review of the Govinda-starrer 'Naseeb', pointing to a scene that pushes the familiar 'Ram was a misogynist' slur and misrepresents revered figures of the Hindu epics.
- [Do Premee (1990)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/do-premee-1990): Aashrams promote intoxication and alcohol
- [Toofaan (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/toofan-2021): Promoting LJ and Lollywood themes in a wannabe Rocky template
- [Chehre (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chehre-2021): Promoting blatant hatred for the kafir, even in a mystery thriller.
- [Sarkar (2005)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sarkar-2005): Only dreaded goons pretend to be Hindu saints, atheist Godfather reforms them
- [Aankhen (1993)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aankhen-1993): Film: Aankhen
- [Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kabhi-haan-kabhi-naa-1994): Shooting at flipped Swastika, plagiarizing 'Rasputin' & 'In Zaire'
- [Maa Aur Mamta (1970)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/maa-aur-mamta-1970): If only Hindus stop being communal, all religions can co-exist peacefully
- [Housefull-2 (2012)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/housefull-2-2012): True love should make you want to change religion
- [Tohfa (1984)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tohfa-1984): Film: Tohfa
- [Karma (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/karma-1986): Suicide bomber with heart of gold, equating Bharat Ma with lover
- [Vidhaata (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/vidhaata-1982): Stereotyping the Dakshin Bharatiya Hindu as a loony nutcase, then calling him a 'Harami'.
- [Dhamaka (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dhamaka-2021): Why is Bollywood obsessed with pushing the 'Hindu Terrorist' narrative?
- [Bhrashtachar (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhrashtachar-1989): Cringed at JNU's Mahishasur Diwas? Bollywood has been doing worse for years
- [Rang De Basanti (2006)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rang-de-basanti-2006): Tilakdhari villain shuns his religion to emerge as good guy in the end
- [Shakti (2002)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shakti-2002): When Bollywood remade true story of a woman who fought Islamic fundamentalism into a fictional tale of ’worse-than-Taliban-Hindus’
- [Coolie (1983)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/coolie-1983): Superstar endorses blocking public spaces for namaz
- [Bemisaal (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bemisaal-1982): A publicity campaign for Mughal rule posing as a film
- [Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mere-baap-pehle-aap-2008): Bollywood can’t remake Malayalam hit 'Ishtam' without projecting aversion to Hinduism
- [Deewaar (1975)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/deewaar-1975): A 176-minute advertisement on the divine powers of 786
- [Ginni Weds Sunny (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ginni-weds-sunny-2020): Film—Ginni Weds Sunny
- [Mumbai Dairies 26/11 (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mumbai-dairies-26-11-2021): Unnecessarily dragging pooja-paath into violent Jihad
- [Yateem (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/yateem-1988): Started menstruating? Time to think of motherhood
- [Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bade-miyan-chhote-miyan-1998): Portraying a clownish Rastafarian villain as "Jatadhari", a common reference to Shiva
- [Abhimanyu (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/abhimanyu-1989): Punishment for rape is to marry the victim
- [How ‘Mother India’ Sliced the Image of Hindu Society](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mother-india-1958-bollywood-film): A revisiting of the 1958 classic, tracing its communist and Islamist undertones — the weak Hindu male, the exploitative Baniya-Brahmin nexus, and religion framed as a curse on women.
- [No Problem (2010)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/no-problem-2010): Film— No Problem
- ['Hanuman Bhakt' Cheats Woman By Marrying Her Using Fake Identity (Abhimanyu)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hanuman-bhakt-cheats-woman-by-marrying-her-using-fake-identity-abhimanyu): Anil Kapoor, playing a character named Abhimanyu in a film on the same name, traps a girl in a relationship through fraud, using a fake identity. He reveals his real identity only on the wedding night, much to her shock.…
- [Masterji (1985)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/masterji-1985): Harass the Brahmin, they appreciate you for it
- [Chaahat (1996)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chaahat-1996): Film: Chaahat
- [Humshakals (2014)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/humshakals-2014): Film: Humshakals
- [Tezaab (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tezaab-1988): If your boyfriend wants to kill you for breaking up, it means he truly loves you — lesson from the film
- [Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015): A Review](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bajrangi-bhaijaan-2015): A review of Kabir Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' contending that beneath its feel-good premise the film plants subplots painting Hindus as bigots while idealising the other side.
- [Rapist’s Punishment Is To Marry The Victim (Abhimanyu)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rapists-punishment-is-to-marry-the-victim-abhimanyu): In 1989 film Abhimanyu, Pannalal (Shakti Kapoor) rapes Tulsi (Poonam Dhillon) and the only justice that the victim can think of is to get married to him. This is the message being sent to men — rape a girl and she will be forced to marry you.…
- [Bollywood Remake Of Tamil Film Changes Amitabh Bachchan's Car Number From 5252 To 786 (Sooryavansham)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywood-remake-of-tamil-film-changes-amitabh-bachchans-car-number-from-5252-to-786-sooryavansham): In 1997 film Sooryavansham, the protagonist's number plate is 786, which in Arabic numerology means "in the name of Allah, the ever merciful, the ever compassionate". In the original Tamil film of the same name, the car's number plate has no such Islamic significance and is named a missable 5252.…
- [Spectacular Fail: When Dialogues Written To Shame Hindus Ended Up Becoming Iconic (Shaurya)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/spectacular-fail-when-dialogues-written-to-shame-hindus-ended-up-becoming-iconic-shaurya): Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh's fiery speech in Shaurya (2008) looked every bit like it was written to shame Hindus for their supposed anti-Islamic bigotry, but the ‘secular-Communist’ project backfired spectacularly as the Brigadier character went on to be immortalised in memes on the Internet for ‘…
- [Aarti As Background Score Of Funny Scene (Karamdaata)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aarti-as-background-score-of-funny-scene-karamdaata): In 1986 film Karamdaata, a character named Govinda, played by Mithun Chakraborty, tries to wake up Pinky (Amrita Singh) while his mother is doing aarti in front of Hindu deities. Pinky throws a tantrum, breaking many things in their house while Govinda’s mother frantically continues to recite the aa…
- ['Ram' and 'Sita' As Servants (Krodh)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ram-and-sita-as-servants-krodh): In 2000 film 'Krodh', two servants who are depicted as simpletons and speak colloquial Hindi, are named Ram and Sita. When they are introduced, they repeat 'Ram Ram' which is a common greeting among Hindus, in a comic way.…
- [Song Shows Saif Ali Khan Thrusting His ‘Chooha’, That Is His Private Part, On 16-Year-Old (Yaar Gaddar)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/song-shows-saif-ali-khan-thrusting-his-chooha-that-is-his-private-part-on-16-year-old-yaar-gaddar): "I have brought my chooha, where is your choohi," sings Padma Shri-awardee Nawab Saif Ali Khan as Jai Verma in film Yaar Gaddar (1994). To make sure the heroine really understands which rat he's talking about, he presses the female character's face against it, while she clearly looks uncomfortable.…
- [Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jaane-bhi-do-yaaron-1983): Why blame AIIMS grads for derogatory Ram-leela, if their elders laughed at Draupadi’s humiliation?
- [ब्रह्मास्त्र – महण्णे माफ करना, गलती म्हारे से हो गयी!](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brahmastra-a-mistake): अपनी गाढ़ी कमाई का पैसा खर्च करके मैं अब कभी विष्ठावुड फिल्में देखने थियेटर नहीं जाता, पर कल एक वामी-कामी के सौजन्य से जाना पड़ गया । जानता हूँ कि विभिन्न कारणों से ब्रह्मास्त्र को बॉयकॉट करने की मुहिम चल रही है, और मैं उससे पूर्णतया सहमत भी हूँ, पर वामपंथी चिरकुट ऐसा पीछे पड़ा कि मैं पिंड छुड़ा नही…
- [Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhaag-milkha-bhaag-2013): Story of partition survivor but Pakistan is great
- [3 Dev: Undercover Bhagwans (Unreleased since 2018)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/3-dev-undercover-bhagwans-unreleased-since-2018): Jhoota, Chor, Charsi – how Hinduism’s Trinity is portrayed
- [Brothel is 'Mandir' Where 'Dancer' Gives 'Darshan' and 'Prasad'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brothel-is-mandir-where-dancer-gives-darshan-and-prasad-thugs-of-hindostan): Thugs of Hindostan has a problem with Mandirs
- [Phir Hera Pheri (2006)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/phir-hera-pheri): Baburao is the average practising Hindu to be mocked at.
- [Ready (2011)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ready-2011): “Ready" to laugh at forced conversions and groping women?
- [Holy Chant Bam Bhole Turned Into Its Parody, Bum Bole (Taare Zameen Par)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/holy-chant-bam-bhole-turned-into-its-parody-bum-bole-taare-zameen-par): In 2007, Aamir Khan came out with Taare Zameen Par, a film on struggles of a child with learning disabilities and how a teacher helps him overcome those challenges. Even though the subject had nothing to do with religion, Khan introduced a song that went ‘Bum Bum Bole’, on obvious parody of ‘Bam Bam…
- [Hindus Are Intolerant, Stab People With Trishul (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindus-are-intolerant-stab-people-with-trishul-pk): In his film 'pk', director Rajkumar Hirani repeats the same gag of a character pulling down his pants from his previous film, '3 Idiots'. Only this time it is because of intolerant Hindus. The 'bhakts' of a fraud 'tapasvi' pierced his posterior with a trishul for reporting a story about their guru,…
- [Hindu Women Are Raunchy, Pak Men Fight Terrorism (Indoo ki Jawani)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-women-are-raunchy-pak-men-fight-terrorism-indoo-ki-jawani): (H)Indoo ignores other men in her neighbourhood and throws herself at a Pakistani man she found at a dating site. Ironically, this man fights terrorists and saves her life in the movie. Narrative — Hindu men disappoint their women. Therefore, these women then lust after Pakistani Muslim men.…
- ['I Don't Want To Be Mira. I Am Better Off As Shakira'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/i-dont-want-to-be-mira-i-am-better-off-as-shakira): If you thought the entertainment industry's religious agenda was limited to movies, check out this song by Tina Jindal and Vishal Chawla mocking Sant Mirabai and Lord Krishna. The singer says she would rather be like Shakira and Heer.…
- [Promoting Obscenity Among Kids Using Cartoons (Pati, Patni Aur Wo)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/promoting-obscenity-among-kids-using-cartoons-pati-patni-aur-wo): Bollywood's obsession with promoting obscenity under the pretext of artistic freedom is an old story. But did you know that it has been keen on getting young children addicted to lewd content? Check out the opening track of this U-certified (child-friendly) 1978 film showing the animated story of Ad…
- [Brave Men Recite Kalma As Their Last Words (Jeete Hain Shaan Se)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brave-men-recite-kalma-as-their-last-words-jeete-hain-shaan-se): Hindu characters chanting 'mantra' is subject to comedy and ridicule, but Muslim characters recite the 'kalma' when doing a brave, noble deed. If that is not double standards, then what is? Watch this gem from the blockbuster 'Jeete Hain Shaan Se', where Iqbal (Govinda) dies while saving Mithun's mo…
- [Hindu Goddess Lakshmi Steals Money (Gair Kanooni)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-goddess-lakshmi-steals-money-gair-kanooni): Here is another gem written by Islamist writer and preacher Kader Khan where Sridevi plays a thug and scam artist named Lakshmi. Although Hindus believe Goddess Lakshmi enters their homes with prosperity and abundance on Deepavali, Bollywood's Lakshmi steals from people and mocks devotees inside the…
- ['Om Jai Jagadish Hare' Is An Ode To Fraud Gods (PK)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/om-jai-jagadish-hare-is-an-ode-to-fraud-gods-pk): Riddle this: What is common amid cartels converting people with the lure of Jannat and Aamir Khan's pk? Both promote the idea that the Gods of Sanatan Dharma are frauds and worthy of scorn. Anti-terrorism squads may catch the former, but the latter is a proud member of the National Film Archives.…
- [Mosque Stands Tall In Scene Where Alien Chases Shiva, Flings Trishul (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mosque-stands-tall-in-scene-where-alien-chases-shiva-flings-trishul-pk): In pk, Aamir Khan chases the “fearless Shiva”, that is, a man dressed as Shiva. In the chase, Khan disrobes a sadhu, flings a Trishul and spits paan in front of a Hindu devotee in prayer. All this while a wide shot of a mosque towers over the “fake and scared” Shiva. Enraged? Wonder how […]
- [Family Shamed For Opposing Love Jihad (Mimi)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/family-shamed-for-opposing-love-jihad-mimi): What is wrong if a significantly older Muslim man impregnates a young Hindu girl? Nothing, says Bollywood. Instead, it wants you to laugh at the girl's shocked parents. If they oppose such a blessed union, they are just bigots who don't deserve our sympathies.…
- [Temples Prop Up Anywhere, Hindus Worship Out Of Fear (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/temples-prop-up-anywhere-hindus-worship-out-of-fear-pk): Even though the Delhi High court pulled up the state government earlier this year for allowing illegal mazars and dargahs to prop up in the middle of the road, Bollywood would have you believe that such construction is a solely Hindu phenomenon.…
- [Pictures Of Hindu Deities Next To Footwear Pile, Urination Wall Is Funny (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/pictures-of-hindu-deities-next-to-footwear-pile-urination-wall-is-funny-pk): Aamir Khan may be scared of living in a Hindu-majority country, but it doesn't stop him from making films denigrating the Hindu faith. Take this scene from PK, for example, where a briefcase adorned with stickers of Hindu deities is put near a pile of footwear, right next to a wall where PK urinates…
- [Paresh Rawal — A Career In Hindu Reform In Under Two Minutes (Part 2)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/parel-rawal-a-career-in-hindu-reform-in-two-minutes-part-2): Actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal has a successful filmography as a comic and supporting actor. However, it remains to be known why he finds denigrating Hindus, Hindu customs and their devi-devta as funny in his films. Look at this link below.…
- [Paresh Rawal — A Career In Hindu Reform In Under Two Minutes (Part 1)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/paresh-rawal-a-career-in-hindu-reform-in-under-two-minutes-part-1): Derision towards all that is sacred to practising Hindus seems to be a sure-shot way to thriving in Bollywood. Actor-turned-BJP MP Paresh Rawal's filmography swells with several movies that say it is okay to insult Sanatan Dharam while glorifying the virtues of "5 waqt namaz".…
- [Linking 'Hari Om' With slapstick Humour (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/linking-hari-om-with-slapstick-humour-anokhi-ada): Watch this clownish-yet-unfunny scene from Anokhi Ada where Mehmood experiments with a "Jawaani ki goli". The tablet shows a reverse effect and turns him into an old man. The moment he turns old, Mahboob blurts out "Hari Om".…
- [The Real Faithfuls Always Make Time For Worship, Unlike Hindus (Mumbai Saga)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-real-faithfuls-always-make-time-for-worship-unlike-hindus-mumbai-saga): Even if he is a hardened criminal, the real faithful will make time for prayer no matter what. His connection to his God is direct, unlike the shallow tilakdhaari Hindu, who keeps yearning for the VIP queue for darshan at the temple.…
- [Communist Political Propaganda Served As Entertainment (Yeh Desh)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/communist-political-propaganda-served-as-entertainment-yeh-desh): Writer Kamleshwar, a known communist, plugged the communist agenda in this film 'Yeh Desh', featuring Jeetendra and Kamal Hassan. He didn't stop at calling the factory owner the bad guy. He also had to name them Dharamdas and Deshbandhu. Now guess, what are the good guys in this film called?…
- [Adultery + Pregnancy = Ramayan (Hungama 2)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/adultery-pregnancy-ramayan-hungama-2): In Hungama 2, Ramayan is a code word for pregnancy from adultery. We also didn't miss the scene where Rajpal Yadav's character says, "Allah Kasam, I won't forget old religion when I fake a new one" (to woo a woman, in this case). Going further, Shilpa Shetty worships 'Maa Hungama'.…
- [Insaf ka Tarazu: An Award-Winning Assault on a Minor](https://gemsofbollywood.com/elaborate-rape-scene-of-minor-girl): A note on how the 1980 film 'Insaaf Ka Tarazu' staged an elaborate scene of a minor being abused — and how, far from protest, its young actor went on to win a Filmfare award.
- [Should Invader-glorifier K Asif Get Padma Award? (Mughal-e-Azam)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/should-invader-glorifier-k-asif-get-padma-award-mughal-e-azam): BJP politician Vijay Goel must have an excellent reason for seeking Padma Vibhushan (India's second-highest civilian award) for K Asif — writer-director of the contorted historical drama Mughal-E-Azam. We wonder what that reason is.…
- [Lampooning Janeudhari Hindu Is Best Comedy (Money Hai Toh Honey Hai)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/lampooning-janeudhari-hindu-is-best-comedy-money-hai-toh-honey-hai): Writer Muazzam Beg wants you to laugh at janeudhaari Hindu characters chanting mantras and observing daily rituals. Practising Hindus are shown as lusty characters who lose focus from their prayers when they see a woman in bikini.…
- [Trashing Hindu Families And Preachers Who Oppose Love Jihad (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/trashing-hindu-families-and-preachers-who-oppose-love-jihad-pk): Hindu families in India don't want their daughters to marry Pakistani Muslims because saffron-clad 'fraud' babas are brainwashing them to become bigots. These are not excerpts from Zakir Naik's lecture. It is the concluding message of Aamir Khan's pk.…
- [Harichandra Ramchandra Mirchandani = Harami](https://gemsofbollywood.com/harichandra-ramchandra-mirchandani-harami-golmaal): Golmaal (2006) has a problem with people named after Lord Rama
- [Declaring Hindu Deities As 'Missing' Is Comedy (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/declaring-hindu-deities-as-missing-is-comedy-pk): Watch this scene where alien pk (Aamir Khan) distributes pamphlets looking for Hindu bhagwans he "can't find". As if this alien had seen Allah sitting in the seventh sky. Why else would Khan's character not question the existence of the supreme power in his own faith?…
- [Reading Quranic Ayats To Terrorists Will De-radicalize Them (Batla House)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/reading-quranic-ayats-to-terrorists-will-de-radicalize-them-batla-house): ACP Sanjay Kumar (John Abraham) carries a hardbound copy of the Quran with him, reads it with exaggerated reverence and insists that no 'sachcha Mussalman' can be a terrorist (even though the latter willingly accepts the charges).…
- [When Anu Malik Plagiarised Israeli National Anthem (Diljale)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-anu-malik-plagiarised-israeli-national-anthem-diljale): Serial plagiarist Anwar Malik aka Anu Malik used the Israeli National Anthem 'Hatikvah' for a song in 1996 film 'Diljale', which featured Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre. The plot of this film is another gem by itself.…
- [Hindu Submits To Mosque's Aura And 'Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad' (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-submits-to-mosques-aura-and-bhar-do-jholi-meri-ya-muhammad-bajrangi-bhaijaan): "Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad" used to appear in Pakistani films (Bin Badal Barsaat) where the protagonist sought solace in a dargah. Gradually, it seeped to the other side of the border where Bollywood used it for Hindus characters in distress.…
- [Naming A Drunkard And Liar Character After Hindu Deity (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/naming-a-drunkard-and-liar-character-after-hindu-deity-anokhi-ada): In this clip from Anokhi Ada (1973), written by Mushtaq Jalil and Rafi Ajmeri, elderly 'Ramu Kaka' lies (and falsely swears in the name of Dharma) to borrow money from Jeetendra, only to spend it at the local liquor shop and eve-tease young bartender 'Radhika', who calls him uncle.…
- [Two-Minute Hindu-Hate Crash Course As Film's Opening (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/two-minute-hindu-hate-crash-course-as-films-opening-anokhi-ada): In less than two minutes of starting, film Anokhi Ada (produced by Kundan Kumar, written by Rafi Ajmeri and story by Mushtaq Jalili) sums up most of the anti-Hindu agenda of Bollywood. 1) Pandit is dhongi, uses his knowledge to cheat people. We wonder why aren't pir babas portrayed like this?…
- [Lusty Saffron-Clad Sadhu Distorts Bhajans, No Devotee Notices (Aansoo Aur Muskaan)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/lusty-saffron-clad-sadhu-distorts-bhajans-no-devotee-notices-aansoo-aur-muskaan): Popular culture influences popular perceptions. So when a famous singer lampoons a bhajan as an ode to so-called 'A-listers' in Bollywood's fraternity and lusts after a devotee, while dressed as a Sadhu in saffron robes, you can be assured of how Sadhus must be perceived by the non-questioning audie…
- ['Tarqeeb Number 420', That Is Mass Molestation, Is Heroic Act (Bandish)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tarqeeb-number-420-that-is-mass-molestation-is-heroic-act-bandish): Are you aware of the Arabic term 'Taharrush'? If not, read about it right away. It is a barbaric mass rape ritual involving scores of men surrounding one girl. Watch this clip below from Bandish (1980), featuring Rajesh Khanna, who calls molesting women half his age as his 'Tarqeeb 420'.…
- [Our Love is 'Pure Like Quran', Sings Hindu Couple (Pyaar Zindagi Hai)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-his-love-is-pak-like-quran-pyaar-zindagi-hai): Watch this clip from 'Pyaar Zindagi Hai' (2001), where the hero croons that his love is "pak, like Quran" with the reverent hand gestures. To this, the heroine falls on his feet, stares hard at the top of his pant and says, "I will worship you like you are Bhagwaan" This movie came out in […]
- [When Allah Locket Is Hero Of The Film (Geraftaar)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-allah-locket-is-hero-of-the-film-geraftaar): Watch this gem of a scene from Geraftaar (1985) where a young boy named Karan is drowning. While all others are mere bystanders screaming in panic, only one little boy named Hussain dares to dive in. What makes this child so courageous, you wonder? It is the power of his Allah locket.…
- [Ask Me Anything — With Founder Of Gems Of Bollywood, Sanjeev Newar](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ask-me-anything-with-founder-of-gems-of-bollywood-sanjeev-newar): Interactive live session with Sanjeev Newar, founder of Gems Of Bollywood
- [Breaking Murti Of Hindu Deity Is Comedy (DDLJ)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/breaking-murti-of-hindu-deity-is-comedy-ddlj): If Shahrukh Khan can be credited for promoting Women's Hockey in his films, then perhaps he can also be held responsible for encouraging the vandalization of Hindu idols in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'.…
- [Vilifying Hindu Gods To Justify Lechery (Mehboob Mere Mehboob)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/vilifying-hindu-gods-to-justify-lechery-mehboob-mere-mehboob): The main characters in this movie are from Urdu-speaking Muslim families. But when they are busy with their amatory dance numbers, they claim to be like Lord Krishna and Gopikas. Any Hindu would be appalled at equating such debauchery with a spiritual metaphor, but who cares about Hindu sentiments i…
- [Double-Meaning Comments And Groping is Comedy (Mehboob Mere Mehboob)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/double-meaning-comments-and-groping-is-comedy-mehboob-mere-mehboob): Film: Mehboob Mere Mehboob (1992) Actors: Pratibha, Roy Mukherjee, Mohnish Behl Producer: Bharat Shah Dialogues: Aziz Quisi A woman complains that Ranjha forcibly disrobed her to "look for two pigeons under her dupatta", and many women laugh at her story.…
- [Promotion Of Smoking For Children In Byomkesh Bakshi](https://gemsofbollywood.com/promotion-of-smoking-for-children-in-byomkesh-bakshi): Looks like the United Front government in 1997 had no qualms in promoting smoking among children. They used the most popular sleuth icon of the 90s to do so. Below is a scene from Byomkesh Bakshi, Season 2, Episode "Balak Jasoos" telecast in 1997 on the state-owned Doordarshan.…
- [Using Bhajans As Excuse To Hit On Women (Manchali)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhajans-are-an-excuse-to-hit-on-women-manchali): In Bollywood, Namaz deserves a dignified and meditative setting, while Bhajans are just an excuse for the hero to flirt with the heroine. Watch this gem featuring Sanjeev Kumar and Leena Chandavarkar in 'Manchali', a movie written by communist Krishan Chander.…
- [Mockery of Mahabharata And Krishna (14 Phere)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mockery-of-mahabharata-and-krishna-14-phere): Dushshasan disrobing Draupadi and Krishna being beaten up is what passes off as comedy in film 14 Phere. Can Bollywood try these jokes from stories of other faiths? Film features Vikrant Massey and Kriti Kharbanda.
- [जानिए कैसे हिन्दू विरोधी पाकिस्तान के सितारों को बॉलीवुड ने सर आँखों पर बैठाया](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anti-india-pakistani-actors-bollywood): हिन्दू लड़की-मुस्लिम लड़के की कहानी बॉलीवुड फिल्म निर्माताओं के लिए सबसे अच्छे विषयों में से एक रहा है। अपने इस सेक्युलर एजेंडे को हिंदुस्तान के फिल्म निर्माता कभी स्पष्ट तौर पर मुख्य किरदारों के माध्यम से तो कभी साइड लाइन में चल रही दूसरी कहानी के जरिए बड़ी चतुराई से पेश करते हैं।…
- [Why #BoycottBrahmastra Is Trending: Explained](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/why-boycottbrahmastra-is-trending-explained): The Mumbai-based Bollywood film industry is in a crisis with a spate of big-budget films proving to be commercial and critical disasters.
- [Maha Chor (1976)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/maha-chor-1976): Emergency era’s Maha Chor loves Congress, is secular but screams at Hindus deities
- [Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kuch-kuch-hota-hai-1998): Aarti is a joke, namaz fulfils wishes and other lessons
- [Ram Lakhan (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ram-lakhan-1989): Forcing eggs on vegetarian Hindus, naming greedy loafer as Lakhan, chanting of ‘Om’ is sexual
- [Chandni Chowk To China (2009)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chandni-chowk-to-china-2009): Hindu devotees are buffoons, seek hoor in their prayers – this ‘Kung-Fu Panda’ rip-off is tickling no one’s ribs
- [Badle Ki Aag (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/badle-ki-aag-1982): 'Khooni Diwali', 'Jism ki Garmi' and other disturbing tropes
- [Daag (1952)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/daag-1952): Hate Baniya, reject Hindu Gods — lessons comrade Amiya Chakravarty teaches us in 'Daag'
- [Deedar-E-Yar (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/deedar-e-yar-1982): When Bollywood A-listers transferred wives, bonded over saliva
- [Sooryavanshi (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sooryavanshi-2021): The “good Muslim v/s bad Muslim” trope and making fun of Hindu icons
- [Jugnu (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jugnu-1973): Year of release: 1973
- [Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sapno-ka-saudagar-1968): Demonising Diwali, demeaning Hindus — Hema Malini’s debut
- [The Rape-Celebration Genre In Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/the-rape-celebration-genre-in-bollywood): Two weeks ago, the makers of Liger (the movie is releasing today), posted a song from the film on various social media accounts. Titled Aafat (nuisance), the song features the film’s lead actors, Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Pandey.
- [Zanjeer (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/zanjeer-1973): Khooni Holi, affable Pakhtoon don, Thook wala pyaar
- [Chadar At Ajmer Sharif And Praises On Prithviraj Chauhan Cannot Go Hand-In-Hand; Chishti Blessed Ghori To Defeat Prithviraj, As Per His Biography](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/chadar-at-ajmer-sharif-and-praises-on-prithviraj-chauhan-cannot-go-hand-in-hand-chishti): More than a century ago, when the fledgling Mumbai-based Hindi cinema industry attempted a full-length feature film, it chose the subject as life of the legendary king Raja Harishchandra.
- [On Kabir Khan’s Admission That His ‘Politics’ Inspired Song Where Devout Hanuman Bhakt Wants To Eat Meat Even At The Cost Of His Faith](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/on-kabir-khans-admission-that-his-politics-inspired-song-where-devout-hanuman-bhakt-wants): Filmmaker Kabir Khan has made a revelation regarding a song in his 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
- [Bihar Woman Thrashed In Golden Temple On Suspicion Of Smoking Beedi, Incident Caught On Video](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/bihar-woman-thrashed-in-golden-temple-on-suspicion-of-smoking-beedi-incident-caught-on): A woman was thrashed by sewadars at the Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar city earlier this week for smoking beedi in the premises.
- [‘Real Love Story Is When Girl Is Hindu Thakur And Boy Is Miyan Bhai’: 'Atrangi Re' Gives Boost To One-Way Interfaith Love Propaganda](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/real-love-story-is-when-girl-is-hindu-thakur-and-boy-is-miyan-bhai-atrangi-re-gives-boost): Midway during Atrangi Re, lead actress Sara Ali Khan, playing a character named Fatima, tells a friend, “I am a Muslim Pathan girl. He is bhagwadhari Hindu. This is what you call a real love story.”
- [The Missing ‘Diwali’ From Bollywood’s Repertoire Of Festive Films And Songs](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/the-missing-diwali-from-bollywoods-repertoire-of-festive-films-and-songs): Take 30 seconds and think of a Diwali celebration song from any Bollywood film. Okay, take a minute. Still can’t think of one? Take a minute more. Okay fine, go Google.
- [Shashi Tharoor Claims There Is A Conspiracy Against Bollywood. Here’s A Response](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/shashi-tharoor-claims-there-is-a-conspiracy-against-bollywood-heres-a-response): Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor thinks there is a “conspiracy” going on against Bollywood. He stated this bizarre theory in a recent column for The Hindu newspaper.
- [Punjabi Singer-Actor Ammy Virk Apologises To Muslim Groups For Using ‘Rasul’ In A Song](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/punjabi-singer-actor-ammy-virk-apologises-to-muslim-groups-for-using-rasul-in-a-song): Punjabi singer-actor Ammy Virk has issued an apology after being harassed by Muslim organisations for the word ‘Rasul’ featuring in a song he is associated with. In Arabic, the word translates to ‘messenger’ or ‘prophet’.
- [Naseeruddin Shah Wants To Save ‘Hindustani Islam’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/naseeruddin-shah-wants-to-save-hindustani-islam): Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah recently recorded and circulated a minute-long video of him, slamming many Indian Muslims’ support to Taliban and appealing for a reformed, modern Islam.
- [Mob Attack In Delhi Over Hindu Man-Muslim Woman Marriage Is A Reminder That Tolerance For Interfaith Unions Is One-Way Street](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/mob-attack-in-delhi-over-hindu-man-muslim-woman-marriage-is-a-reminder-that-tolerance-for): In his seminal book Pakistan, or The Partition of India, B R Ambedkar supported the concerns expressed by Hindus over ‘interfaith’ mingling of men and women.
- [Two Years Ago, A Hindu Dentist Was Murdered Near Dasna Temple In Headlines Now; His Family Lives In Perpetual Fear Today](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/two-years-ago-a-hindu-dentist-was-murdered-near-dasna-temple-in-headlines-now-his-family): A recent incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, where a video shows a 14-year-old boy being beaten up by some men in a Hindu temple, has received a lot of attention of the media, opposition parties and Bollywood personalities who routinely comment on political and social events.
- [Actor Naseeruddin Shah’s Comment On ‘Love Jihad’, Reported As Important News In Media, Is An Ill-Informed Rant](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/actor-naseeruddin-shahs-comment-on-love-jihad-reported-as-important-news-in-media-is-an): Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has called Uttar Pradesh’s anti-forced conversion law, loosely called ‘love jihad’ law, a “tamasha” in a recent video.
- [Amid Row Over His ‘Humane Ravana’ Statement, A Look At Saif Ali Khan’s History And Controversies](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/amid-row-over-his-humane-ravana-statement-a-look-at-saif-ali-khans-history-and): Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has apologised for his recent statement made to a newspaper that his upcoming film Adipurush will justify Ravana’s abduction of Sita and will show Ravana as humane.
- [‘What About Khajuraho’ Is A Nonsensical, Dishonest Argument For Kissing Scenes In Temples](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/what-about-khajuraho-is-a-nonsensical-dishonest-argument-for-kissing-scenes-in-temples): Streaming platform Netflix was recently embroiled in a mild controversy when an FIR was filed against two of its executives for hurting religious sentiments by showing a couple kissing in a temple.
- [Mira Nair’s 'A Suitable Boy' Removes All Nuance From Conflict Themes In Vikram Seth’s Original Work](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/mira-nairs-a-suitable-boy-removes-all-nuance-from-conflict-themes-in-vikram-seths): Those who aren’t die-hard fans of, or familiar with, Vikram Seth’s celebrated novel A Suitable Boy, know of its television adaptation by the police case against its makers for hurting religious sentiments.
- [संगीतकार वाजिद खान की पूर्व बीवी ने साझा किया दर्द, बताया कैसे होता था धर्मपरिवर्तन का दबाव](https://gemsofbollywood.com/musician-wajid-khans-ex-wife-shared-her-pain-told-how-there-was-pressure-to-convert-hi): बॉलीवुड के रुपहले पर्दे की चकाचौंध में न जाने कितनी सिसकियाँ दबी हुई हैं। बॉलीवुड के कलाकारों, फिल्म निर्माताओं और संगीतकारों द्वारा भोली-भाली युवतियों के यौन शोषण की बातें कभी कभार ही सामने आती हैं। बॉलीवुड में यौन पिपासुओं की लॉबी इतनी सशक्त है कि किसी भी युवती को पर्दे के पीछे का काला सच उजागर कर…
- [धार्मिक ग्रंथो के बारे में हमारी अज्ञानता देती है बॉलीवुड को मज़ाक उड़ाने का मौका](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ignorance-about-religion): आज के 24×7 व्यस्त जीवन में ऐसे बहुत मिलेनियल्स होंगे जिन्हें हमारे वेद-पुराण पढ़ने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त नहीं हुआ। हमारा मानना है कि इसमें बच्चों से ज्यादा दोषी उनके माँ-पिता हैं जिन्होंने बच्चों को हिन्दू धर्म की उस अलौकिक विरासत के बारे में नहीं बताया जिससे आज सारी दुनिया ज्ञान ले रही है।…
- [फिल्म समीक्षा- हिंदुओं का अपमान करती अक्षय कुमार की फिल्म ‘लक्ष्मी’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/film-review-lakshmi-a-movie-insulting-hindus-by-akshay-kumar-hi): आसिफ उर्फ अक्षय कुमार अभिनीत हिन्दी फिल्म लक्ष्मी अपने दूसरे दिन ही सुपर फ्लॉप साबित हो गई। ओटीटी प्लेटफॉर्म पर रिलीज़ हुई इस फिल्म को अब तक जीतने भी लोगों ने देखा है वे अक्षय कुमार के साथ-साथ डिज्नी प्लस हॉटस्टार को भी कोस रहे हैं।…
- [Border (2002)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/border-2002): An interesting but not-so-surprising observation when it comes to the idea of Muslim man-Hindu woman relationships is that while ‘secular’ Bollywood pushes this propaganda subtly, the openly Islamist Lollywood promotes it blatantly.…
- [How Pakistani Films Promote Conversion of Hindu Women Through ‘Interfaith’ Love Stories](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/how-pakistani-films-promote-conversion-of-hindu-women-through-interfaith-love-stories): If the recent Tanishq advertisement and Akshay Kumar’s Diwali release Laxmii sparked outrage by Hindus over the Muslim man-Hindu woman marriage theme, it’s because popular cinema and entertainment celebrates only this theme and seldom shows the reverse, that is, the Hindu man-Muslim woman relationsh…
- [जब अनजाने में अनिल कपूर ने स्वीकारी अंडरवर्ड से होती रहती है बात](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anil-kapoor-admits-his-link-with-underworld-hi): बम प्लास्ट हों या फिर कहीं गोली चल रही हो हमें इस बात से कोई मतलब नहीं है। हम तो कलाकार हैं और हमें सिर्फ नाचने-गाने और फिल्में बनाने से मतलब है। यह कहना है बॉलीवुड अभिनेता अनिल कपूर का।
- [Ludo (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ludo-2020): Usual mockery of cow, mandir and Ramlila
- [On Cow And Mandir Jokes In Anurag Basu’s Netflix Film Ludo](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/on-cow-and-mandir-jokes-in-anurag-basus-netflix-film-ludo): At a time when the world is fiercely debating limits of creative freedom as jokes and cartoons are resulting in not only beheadings but also massive rallies supporting these beheadings, the Indian entertainment industry has little to worry.
- [Review: Akshay Kumar’s Laxmii Has An Islamist And Anti-Saffron Propaganda Written All Over](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/review-akshay-kumars-laxmii-has-an-islamist-and-anti-saffron-propaganda-written-all-over): Two days into its release, the film Laxmii has been dismissed as “trash” and “nonsense” by most reviewers. It’s been called a terrible film on every count – be it the story, its execution, performance and dialogues.…
- [Laxmii (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/laxmii-2020): A two-hour ad on supremacy of green over saffron
- [बॉलीवुड सितारे दीवाली पर पटाखों को बताते प्रदूषण, खुद घूमते हैं प्राइवेट जेट में!](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hypocrisy-of-bollywood-firecrackers-pollute-private-jets-not-hi): राष्ट्रीय हरित अधिकरण (एनजीटी) ने एक आदेश जारी कर 30 नवंबर की आधी रात तक दिल्ली-एनसीआर समेत देश के हर उस शहर में पटाखे जलाने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है जहां की हवा “बेहद खतरनाक” या “खतरनाक” स्तर पर पहुँच गई है।…
- [वैष्णो देवी मंदिर जाना पैसे की बरबादी, अजमेर शरीफ से कोई परहेज नहीं – अक्षय कुमार उर्फ आसिफ](https://gemsofbollywood.com/akshay-kumar-feels-going-to-vaishno-devi-is-waste-of-time-and-money-hi): फिल्म अभिनेता अक्षय कुमार का कहना है कि अब उन्हें वैष्णो देवी मंदिर में जाना समय और पैसे की बरबादी लगता है। वर्ष 2012 में ओह माई गॉड (Oh My God) के प्रोमोशन के दौरान फिल्माए गए इस वीडियो में अक्षय कुमार उर्फ आसिफ कह रहे हैं कि एक समय में वे हर साल वैष्णो देवी (Vaishno Devi) की यात्रा करते थे।…
- [Bollywood Must Stop The Usage Of ‘Kafir’ And Make Amends For Past Wrongs](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/bollywood-must-stop-the-usage-of-kafir-and-make-amends-for-past-wrongs): Actor Sunny Deol, playing Shahzada Izzat Beg from the famous folklore Sohni-Mahiwal, tells his beloved Sohni that he wishes to make an idol resembling her and worship it, even if that would reduce him from a Muslim to a “kaafir”.…
- [Salman Used To Play Cricket With Rahul’s Brother. In Delhi Riots, He Was Part Of The Group That Killed Rahul](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/salman-used-to-play-cricket-with-rahuls-brother-in-delhi-riots-he-was-part-of-the-group): Rahul Solanki was a 26-year-old youth living in Babu Nagar colony of Muslim-dominated Mustafabad, located on northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar Road. A diploma holder in civil engineering, Rahul was working in the marketing firm of a company in Okhla.
- [Five Questions To A Politician Blaming The Indian Culture ‘Glorifying Symbols Of Womanhood’ For Violence On Women](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/five-questions-to-a-politician-blaming-the-indian-culture-glorifying-symbols-of-womanhood): There is a popular line of argument in India to explain the motivations of crimes against women — blame ‘Indian culture’ on it.
- [Exclusive: FIR For ‘False Reporting’ After Media And Twitter Users Cried ‘Rape’ By Cops In Saadat Madrassa During Anti-CAA Stir In UP](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/exclusive-fir-for-false-reporting-after-media-and-twitter-users-cried-rape-by-cops-in): Amid the recent violent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) agitations in Uttar Pradesh (UP), a case of alleged sexual assault by police on minor children in a madrassa had caused sensation on social media. The case involved Saadat hostel-cum-orphanage in Muzaffarnagar town of western UP.
- [Delhi-6 (2009)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/delhi-6-2009): The Hindus of Delhi-6 are a despicable lot
- [Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kya-meri-sonam-gupta-bewafa-hai-2021): Men fall for women who drink beer at Jagrans
- [Raavan Leela/ Bhavai (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ravan-leela-bhavai-2021): Bollywood's "funny" Ram-Leela skits are obsessed with maligning all that is sacred to Hindus
- [Shershaah (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shershaah-2021): Why is a Hindu woman imploring Allah for rebirth?
- [Was The Real Mission of 'Mission Kashmir' to Blame Hindus for Persecution And Glorify Terrorists?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mission-kashmir): A manipulative narrative blaming the Hindus for the 1989 KP genocide
- [Sanju (2018)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sanju-2018): Hindu deities aren't formidable enough to stop people from immoral deeds
- [Hero Hiralal (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hero-hiralal-1988): Insulting name of Bhagwan, slapping lady-love, spitting in customer’s food
- [Masoom (1996)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/masoom-1996): Using children to normalise vulgarity in boyhood
- [Haider (2014)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/haider-2014): Anybody who loves India is a villain in this out-and-out propaganda film
- [When Tabassum’s Mother Azghari Begum Became Shanti Devi By Opting For ‘Shuddhi’ From Swami Shraddhanand](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-tabassums-mother-azghari-begum-became-shanti-devi-by-opting-for-shuddhi-from-swami-shraddhanand): Swami Shraddhanand was shot dead by a fanatic soon after
- [The Fictional Pathan: Why Bollywood Hides The Truth And Celebrates Him](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-fictional-pathan): Maintaining silence on brutalities that unfolded during Partition, Bollywood has created multiple fictional Pathan characters that distort the truth
- [Bollywood’s Portrayal of Lord Ram](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywoods-portrayal-of-lord-ram): Will a revised Adipurush restore public trust in how Bollywood treats Lord Ram?
- [The Demise Of Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-demise-of-bollywood): Laal Singh Chaddha, Shamshera, Samrat Prithviraj, Thank God..The list of back-to-back flops in Bollywood is long. What does it tell us about the future of Bollywood?
- [How Bollywood Turns Rape Into ‘Entertainment’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rape-celebration-in-bollywood): An essay tracing how mainstream films package sexual coercion as titillation — from the Liger song 'Aafat' to a long lineage of scenes that deliberately blur consent for the camera.
- [Anil Kapoor — Shootout at Wadala (2013)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/anil-kapoor-shootout-at-wadala): For the 'bhaand', shootout with cops is not as important as accurate portrayal of the underworld
- [Dharmaputra (1961)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dharmaputra-1961): B. R. Chopra fled Lahore with his family during Partition. Years later, he produced a movie directed by his younger brother Yash in which a Muslim man dies fighting the British while a Hindu colludes with them, burning Muslim houses and forcing Muslims to leave India.
- [Aap Ke Saath (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aap-ke-saath-1986): Man and grandpa bond over vulgar fantasies
- [Suhaagan (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/suhagan-1986): How to insult Hindu deities in name of interpretation of Ramayana
- [When Tabassum’s Mother Azghari Begum Became Shanti Devi And Swami Shraddhand Was Shot Dead](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/when-tabassums-mother-azghari-begum-became-shanti-devi-and-swami-shraddhand-was-shot-dead): Well-known television personality Tabassum Govil, known for pioneering talk-shows in India and who won many a hearts by her sweet demeanour and voice, passed away on Friday (18 November) at the age of 78.
- [Badi Behen (1993)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/badi-behen-1993): Hindu family of 'Dwarkaprasad' and 'Lakshmi' keeps a painting of the word "Husain" in their house. Hussain means beautiful or handsome in Arabic.
- [Why are Bollywood Heroes Always Angry With Bhagwan? An Analysis From B&W Era To The Present](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywood-hero-angry-bhagwan): The murti-puja or idol-worship hate genre in Bollywood
- [Chhoti Si Baat (1976)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chhoti-si-baat-1976): Film: Chhoti Si Baat
- [Shaurya (2008)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shaurya-2008): When an anti-Army monologue backfired and how
- ['Adipurush' Release Postponed After Backlash: Why Audience Is Suspicious Of Bollywood’s Portrayal of Ram](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/adipurush-release-postponed-after-backlash-why-audience-is-suspicious-of-bollywoods): The recent announcement by makers of Adipurush to “rework” the film, is unprecedented in the history of Bollywood.
- [Naseeb (1997): Distorting the Ramayan for Cheap Jibes](https://gemsofbollywood.com/naseeb-1997): A review of the Govinda-starrer 'Naseeb', pointing to a scene that pushes the familiar 'Ram was a misogynist' slur and misrepresents revered figures of the Hindu epics.
- [Do Premee (1990)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/do-premee-1990): Aashrams promote intoxication and alcohol
- [Toofaan (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/toofan-2021): Promoting LJ and Lollywood themes in a wannabe Rocky template
- [Chehre (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chehre-2021): Promoting blatant hatred for the kafir, even in a mystery thriller.
- [Sarkar (2005)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sarkar-2005): Only dreaded goons pretend to be Hindu saints, atheist Godfather reforms them
- [Aankhen (1993)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aankhen-1993): Film: Aankhen
- [Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kabhi-haan-kabhi-naa-1994): Shooting at flipped Swastika, plagiarizing 'Rasputin' & 'In Zaire'
- [Maa Aur Mamta (1970)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/maa-aur-mamta-1970): If only Hindus stop being communal, all religions can co-exist peacefully
- [Housefull-2 (2012)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/housefull-2-2012): True love should make you want to change religion
- [Tohfa (1984)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tohfa-1984): Film: Tohfa
- [Karma (1986)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/karma-1986): Suicide bomber with heart of gold, equating Bharat Ma with lover
- [Vidhaata (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/vidhaata-1982): Stereotyping the Dakshin Bharatiya Hindu as a loony nutcase, then calling him a 'Harami'.
- [Dhamaka (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dhamaka-2021): Why is Bollywood obsessed with pushing the 'Hindu Terrorist' narrative?
- [Bhrashtachar (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhrashtachar-1989): Cringed at JNU's Mahishasur Diwas? Bollywood has been doing worse for years
- [Rang De Basanti (2006)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rang-de-basanti-2006): Tilakdhari villain shuns his religion to emerge as good guy in the end
- [Shakti (2002)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/shakti-2002): When Bollywood remade true story of a woman who fought Islamic fundamentalism into a fictional tale of ’worse-than-Taliban-Hindus’
- [Coolie (1983)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/coolie-1983): Superstar endorses blocking public spaces for namaz
- [Bemisaal (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bemisaal-1982): A publicity campaign for Mughal rule posing as a film
- [Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mere-baap-pehle-aap-2008): Bollywood can’t remake Malayalam hit 'Ishtam' without projecting aversion to Hinduism
- [Deewaar (1975)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/deewaar-1975): A 176-minute advertisement on the divine powers of 786
- [Ginni Weds Sunny (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ginni-weds-sunny-2020): Film—Ginni Weds Sunny
- [Mumbai Dairies 26/11 (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mumbai-dairies-26-11-2021): Unnecessarily dragging pooja-paath into violent Jihad
- [Yateem (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/yateem-1988): Started menstruating? Time to think of motherhood
- [Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bade-miyan-chhote-miyan-1998): Portraying a clownish Rastafarian villain as "Jatadhari", a common reference to Shiva
- [Abhimanyu (1989)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/abhimanyu-1989): Punishment for rape is to marry the victim
- [How ‘Mother India’ Sliced the Image of Hindu Society](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mother-india-1958-bollywood-film): A revisiting of the 1958 classic, tracing its communist and Islamist undertones — the weak Hindu male, the exploitative Baniya-Brahmin nexus, and religion framed as a curse on women.
- [No Problem (2010)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/no-problem-2010): Film— No Problem
- ['Hanuman Bhakt' Cheats Woman By Marrying Her Using Fake Identity (Abhimanyu)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hanuman-bhakt-cheats-woman-by-marrying-her-using-fake-identity-abhimanyu): Anil Kapoor, playing a character named Abhimanyu in a film on the same name, traps a girl in a relationship through fraud, using a fake identity. He reveals his real identity only on the wedding night, much to her shock.…
- [Masterji (1985)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/masterji-1985): Harass the Brahmin, they appreciate you for it
- [Chaahat (1996)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chaahat-1996): Film: Chaahat
- [Humshakals (2014)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/humshakals-2014): Film: Humshakals
- [Tezaab (1988)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tezaab-1988): If your boyfriend wants to kill you for breaking up, it means he truly loves you — lesson from the film
- [Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015): A Review](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bajrangi-bhaijaan-2015): A review of Kabir Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' contending that beneath its feel-good premise the film plants subplots painting Hindus as bigots while idealising the other side.
- [Rapist’s Punishment Is To Marry The Victim (Abhimanyu)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/rapists-punishment-is-to-marry-the-victim-abhimanyu): In 1989 film Abhimanyu, Pannalal (Shakti Kapoor) rapes Tulsi (Poonam Dhillon) and the only justice that the victim can think of is to get married to him. This is the message being sent to men — rape a girl and she will be forced to marry you.…
- [Bollywood Remake Of Tamil Film Changes Amitabh Bachchan's Car Number From 5252 To 786 (Sooryavansham)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywood-remake-of-tamil-film-changes-amitabh-bachchans-car-number-from-5252-to-786-sooryavansham): In 1997 film Sooryavansham, the protagonist's number plate is 786, which in Arabic numerology means "in the name of Allah, the ever merciful, the ever compassionate". In the original Tamil film of the same name, the car's number plate has no such Islamic significance and is named a missable 5252.…
- [Spectacular Fail: When Dialogues Written To Shame Hindus Ended Up Becoming Iconic (Shaurya)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/spectacular-fail-when-dialogues-written-to-shame-hindus-ended-up-becoming-iconic-shaurya): Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh's fiery speech in Shaurya (2008) looked every bit like it was written to shame Hindus for their supposed anti-Islamic bigotry, but the ‘secular-Communist’ project backfired spectacularly as the Brigadier character went on to be immortalised in memes on the Internet for ‘…
- [Aarti As Background Score Of Funny Scene (Karamdaata)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aarti-as-background-score-of-funny-scene-karamdaata): In 1986 film Karamdaata, a character named Govinda, played by Mithun Chakraborty, tries to wake up Pinky (Amrita Singh) while his mother is doing aarti in front of Hindu deities. Pinky throws a tantrum, breaking many things in their house while Govinda’s mother frantically continues to recite the aa…
- ['Ram' and 'Sita' As Servants (Krodh)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ram-and-sita-as-servants-krodh): In 2000 film 'Krodh', two servants who are depicted as simpletons and speak colloquial Hindi, are named Ram and Sita. When they are introduced, they repeat 'Ram Ram' which is a common greeting among Hindus, in a comic way.…
- [Song Shows Saif Ali Khan Thrusting His ‘Chooha’, That Is His Private Part, On 16-Year-Old (Yaar Gaddar)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/song-shows-saif-ali-khan-thrusting-his-chooha-that-is-his-private-part-on-16-year-old-yaar-gaddar): "I have brought my chooha, where is your choohi," sings Padma Shri-awardee Nawab Saif Ali Khan as Jai Verma in film Yaar Gaddar (1994). To make sure the heroine really understands which rat he's talking about, he presses the female character's face against it, while she clearly looks uncomfortable.…
- [Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jaane-bhi-do-yaaron-1983): Why blame AIIMS grads for derogatory Ram-leela, if their elders laughed at Draupadi’s humiliation?
- [ब्रह्मास्त्र – महण्णे माफ करना, गलती म्हारे से हो गयी!](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brahmastra-a-mistake): अपनी गाढ़ी कमाई का पैसा खर्च करके मैं अब कभी विष्ठावुड फिल्में देखने थियेटर नहीं जाता, पर कल एक वामी-कामी के सौजन्य से जाना पड़ गया । जानता हूँ कि विभिन्न कारणों से ब्रह्मास्त्र को बॉयकॉट करने की मुहिम चल रही है, और मैं उससे पूर्णतया सहमत भी हूँ, पर वामपंथी चिरकुट ऐसा पीछे पड़ा कि मैं पिंड छुड़ा नही…
- [Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhaag-milkha-bhaag-2013): Story of partition survivor but Pakistan is great
- [3 Dev: Undercover Bhagwans (Unreleased since 2018)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/3-dev-undercover-bhagwans-unreleased-since-2018): Jhoota, Chor, Charsi – how Hinduism’s Trinity is portrayed
- [Brothel is 'Mandir' Where 'Dancer' Gives 'Darshan' and 'Prasad'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brothel-is-mandir-where-dancer-gives-darshan-and-prasad-thugs-of-hindostan): Thugs of Hindostan has a problem with Mandirs
- [Phir Hera Pheri (2006)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/phir-hera-pheri): Baburao is the average practising Hindu to be mocked at.
- [Ready (2011)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ready-2011): “Ready" to laugh at forced conversions and groping women?
- [Holy Chant Bam Bhole Turned Into Its Parody, Bum Bole (Taare Zameen Par)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/holy-chant-bam-bhole-turned-into-its-parody-bum-bole-taare-zameen-par): In 2007, Aamir Khan came out with Taare Zameen Par, a film on struggles of a child with learning disabilities and how a teacher helps him overcome those challenges. Even though the subject had nothing to do with religion, Khan introduced a song that went ‘Bum Bum Bole’, on obvious parody of ‘Bam Bam…
- [Hindus Are Intolerant, Stab People With Trishul (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindus-are-intolerant-stab-people-with-trishul-pk): In his film 'pk', director Rajkumar Hirani repeats the same gag of a character pulling down his pants from his previous film, '3 Idiots'. Only this time it is because of intolerant Hindus. The 'bhakts' of a fraud 'tapasvi' pierced his posterior with a trishul for reporting a story about their guru,…
- [Hindu Women Are Raunchy, Pak Men Fight Terrorism (Indoo ki Jawani)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-women-are-raunchy-pak-men-fight-terrorism-indoo-ki-jawani): (H)Indoo ignores other men in her neighbourhood and throws herself at a Pakistani man she found at a dating site. Ironically, this man fights terrorists and saves her life in the movie. Narrative — Hindu men disappoint their women. Therefore, these women then lust after Pakistani Muslim men.…
- ['I Don't Want To Be Mira. I Am Better Off As Shakira'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/i-dont-want-to-be-mira-i-am-better-off-as-shakira): If you thought the entertainment industry's religious agenda was limited to movies, check out this song by Tina Jindal and Vishal Chawla mocking Sant Mirabai and Lord Krishna. The singer says she would rather be like Shakira and Heer.…
- [Promoting Obscenity Among Kids Using Cartoons (Pati, Patni Aur Wo)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/promoting-obscenity-among-kids-using-cartoons-pati-patni-aur-wo): Bollywood's obsession with promoting obscenity under the pretext of artistic freedom is an old story. But did you know that it has been keen on getting young children addicted to lewd content? Check out the opening track of this U-certified (child-friendly) 1978 film showing the animated story of Ad…
- [Brave Men Recite Kalma As Their Last Words (Jeete Hain Shaan Se)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/brave-men-recite-kalma-as-their-last-words-jeete-hain-shaan-se): Hindu characters chanting 'mantra' is subject to comedy and ridicule, but Muslim characters recite the 'kalma' when doing a brave, noble deed. If that is not double standards, then what is? Watch this gem from the blockbuster 'Jeete Hain Shaan Se', where Iqbal (Govinda) dies while saving Mithun's mo…
- [Hindu Goddess Lakshmi Steals Money (Gair Kanooni)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-goddess-lakshmi-steals-money-gair-kanooni): Here is another gem written by Islamist writer and preacher Kader Khan where Sridevi plays a thug and scam artist named Lakshmi. Although Hindus believe Goddess Lakshmi enters their homes with prosperity and abundance on Deepavali, Bollywood's Lakshmi steals from people and mocks devotees inside the…
- ['Om Jai Jagadish Hare' Is An Ode To Fraud Gods (PK)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/om-jai-jagadish-hare-is-an-ode-to-fraud-gods-pk): Riddle this: What is common amid cartels converting people with the lure of Jannat and Aamir Khan's pk? Both promote the idea that the Gods of Sanatan Dharma are frauds and worthy of scorn. Anti-terrorism squads may catch the former, but the latter is a proud member of the National Film Archives.…
- [Mosque Stands Tall In Scene Where Alien Chases Shiva, Flings Trishul (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mosque-stands-tall-in-scene-where-alien-chases-shiva-flings-trishul-pk): In pk, Aamir Khan chases the “fearless Shiva”, that is, a man dressed as Shiva. In the chase, Khan disrobes a sadhu, flings a Trishul and spits paan in front of a Hindu devotee in prayer. All this while a wide shot of a mosque towers over the “fake and scared” Shiva. Enraged? Wonder how […]
- [Family Shamed For Opposing Love Jihad (Mimi)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/family-shamed-for-opposing-love-jihad-mimi): What is wrong if a significantly older Muslim man impregnates a young Hindu girl? Nothing, says Bollywood. Instead, it wants you to laugh at the girl's shocked parents. If they oppose such a blessed union, they are just bigots who don't deserve our sympathies.…
- [Temples Prop Up Anywhere, Hindus Worship Out Of Fear (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/temples-prop-up-anywhere-hindus-worship-out-of-fear-pk): Even though the Delhi High court pulled up the state government earlier this year for allowing illegal mazars and dargahs to prop up in the middle of the road, Bollywood would have you believe that such construction is a solely Hindu phenomenon.…
- [Pictures Of Hindu Deities Next To Footwear Pile, Urination Wall Is Funny (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/pictures-of-hindu-deities-next-to-footwear-pile-urination-wall-is-funny-pk): Aamir Khan may be scared of living in a Hindu-majority country, but it doesn't stop him from making films denigrating the Hindu faith. Take this scene from PK, for example, where a briefcase adorned with stickers of Hindu deities is put near a pile of footwear, right next to a wall where PK urinates…
- [Paresh Rawal — A Career In Hindu Reform In Under Two Minutes (Part 2)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/parel-rawal-a-career-in-hindu-reform-in-two-minutes-part-2): Actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal has a successful filmography as a comic and supporting actor. However, it remains to be known why he finds denigrating Hindus, Hindu customs and their devi-devta as funny in his films. Look at this link below.…
- [Paresh Rawal — A Career In Hindu Reform In Under Two Minutes (Part 1)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/paresh-rawal-a-career-in-hindu-reform-in-under-two-minutes-part-1): Derision towards all that is sacred to practising Hindus seems to be a sure-shot way to thriving in Bollywood. Actor-turned-BJP MP Paresh Rawal's filmography swells with several movies that say it is okay to insult Sanatan Dharam while glorifying the virtues of "5 waqt namaz".…
- [Linking 'Hari Om' With slapstick Humour (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/linking-hari-om-with-slapstick-humour-anokhi-ada): Watch this clownish-yet-unfunny scene from Anokhi Ada where Mehmood experiments with a "Jawaani ki goli". The tablet shows a reverse effect and turns him into an old man. The moment he turns old, Mahboob blurts out "Hari Om".…
- [The Real Faithfuls Always Make Time For Worship, Unlike Hindus (Mumbai Saga)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-real-faithfuls-always-make-time-for-worship-unlike-hindus-mumbai-saga): Even if he is a hardened criminal, the real faithful will make time for prayer no matter what. His connection to his God is direct, unlike the shallow tilakdhaari Hindu, who keeps yearning for the VIP queue for darshan at the temple.…
- [Communist Political Propaganda Served As Entertainment (Yeh Desh)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/communist-political-propaganda-served-as-entertainment-yeh-desh): Writer Kamleshwar, a known communist, plugged the communist agenda in this film 'Yeh Desh', featuring Jeetendra and Kamal Hassan. He didn't stop at calling the factory owner the bad guy. He also had to name them Dharamdas and Deshbandhu. Now guess, what are the good guys in this film called?…
- [Adultery + Pregnancy = Ramayan (Hungama 2)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/adultery-pregnancy-ramayan-hungama-2): In Hungama 2, Ramayan is a code word for pregnancy from adultery. We also didn't miss the scene where Rajpal Yadav's character says, "Allah Kasam, I won't forget old religion when I fake a new one" (to woo a woman, in this case). Going further, Shilpa Shetty worships 'Maa Hungama'.…
- [Insaf ka Tarazu: An Award-Winning Assault on a Minor](https://gemsofbollywood.com/elaborate-rape-scene-of-minor-girl): A note on how the 1980 film 'Insaaf Ka Tarazu' staged an elaborate scene of a minor being abused — and how, far from protest, its young actor went on to win a Filmfare award.
- [Should Invader-glorifier K Asif Get Padma Award? (Mughal-e-Azam)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/should-invader-glorifier-k-asif-get-padma-award-mughal-e-azam): BJP politician Vijay Goel must have an excellent reason for seeking Padma Vibhushan (India's second-highest civilian award) for K Asif — writer-director of the contorted historical drama Mughal-E-Azam. We wonder what that reason is.…
- [Lampooning Janeudhari Hindu Is Best Comedy (Money Hai Toh Honey Hai)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/lampooning-janeudhari-hindu-is-best-comedy-money-hai-toh-honey-hai): Writer Muazzam Beg wants you to laugh at janeudhaari Hindu characters chanting mantras and observing daily rituals. Practising Hindus are shown as lusty characters who lose focus from their prayers when they see a woman in bikini.…
- [Trashing Hindu Families And Preachers Who Oppose Love Jihad (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/trashing-hindu-families-and-preachers-who-oppose-love-jihad-pk): Hindu families in India don't want their daughters to marry Pakistani Muslims because saffron-clad 'fraud' babas are brainwashing them to become bigots. These are not excerpts from Zakir Naik's lecture. It is the concluding message of Aamir Khan's pk.…
- [Harichandra Ramchandra Mirchandani = Harami](https://gemsofbollywood.com/harichandra-ramchandra-mirchandani-harami-golmaal): Golmaal (2006) has a problem with people named after Lord Rama
- [Declaring Hindu Deities As 'Missing' Is Comedy (pk)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/declaring-hindu-deities-as-missing-is-comedy-pk): Watch this scene where alien pk (Aamir Khan) distributes pamphlets looking for Hindu bhagwans he "can't find". As if this alien had seen Allah sitting in the seventh sky. Why else would Khan's character not question the existence of the supreme power in his own faith?…
- [Reading Quranic Ayats To Terrorists Will De-radicalize Them (Batla House)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/reading-quranic-ayats-to-terrorists-will-de-radicalize-them-batla-house): ACP Sanjay Kumar (John Abraham) carries a hardbound copy of the Quran with him, reads it with exaggerated reverence and insists that no 'sachcha Mussalman' can be a terrorist (even though the latter willingly accepts the charges).…
- [When Anu Malik Plagiarised Israeli National Anthem (Diljale)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-anu-malik-plagiarised-israeli-national-anthem-diljale): Serial plagiarist Anwar Malik aka Anu Malik used the Israeli National Anthem 'Hatikvah' for a song in 1996 film 'Diljale', which featured Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre. The plot of this film is another gem by itself.…
- [Hindu Submits To Mosque's Aura And 'Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad' (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-submits-to-mosques-aura-and-bhar-do-jholi-meri-ya-muhammad-bajrangi-bhaijaan): "Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad" used to appear in Pakistani films (Bin Badal Barsaat) where the protagonist sought solace in a dargah. Gradually, it seeped to the other side of the border where Bollywood used it for Hindus characters in distress.…
- [Naming A Drunkard And Liar Character After Hindu Deity (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/naming-a-drunkard-and-liar-character-after-hindu-deity-anokhi-ada): In this clip from Anokhi Ada (1973), written by Mushtaq Jalil and Rafi Ajmeri, elderly 'Ramu Kaka' lies (and falsely swears in the name of Dharma) to borrow money from Jeetendra, only to spend it at the local liquor shop and eve-tease young bartender 'Radhika', who calls him uncle.…
- [Two-Minute Hindu-Hate Crash Course As Film's Opening (Anokhi Ada)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/two-minute-hindu-hate-crash-course-as-films-opening-anokhi-ada): In less than two minutes of starting, film Anokhi Ada (produced by Kundan Kumar, written by Rafi Ajmeri and story by Mushtaq Jalili) sums up most of the anti-Hindu agenda of Bollywood. 1) Pandit is dhongi, uses his knowledge to cheat people. We wonder why aren't pir babas portrayed like this?…
- [Lusty Saffron-Clad Sadhu Distorts Bhajans, No Devotee Notices (Aansoo Aur Muskaan)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/lusty-saffron-clad-sadhu-distorts-bhajans-no-devotee-notices-aansoo-aur-muskaan): Popular culture influences popular perceptions. So when a famous singer lampoons a bhajan as an ode to so-called 'A-listers' in Bollywood's fraternity and lusts after a devotee, while dressed as a Sadhu in saffron robes, you can be assured of how Sadhus must be perceived by the non-questioning audie…
- [Hanuman Garhi: Ayodhya's Pilgrim Magnet And Site Of 1855's Communal Violence Over Ram Janmabhoomi](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/hanuman-garhi-ayodhyas-pilgrim-magnet-and-site-of-1855s-communal-violence-over-ram): In Ayodhya, a town steeped in religious lore, it's the Hanuman Garhi temple, rather than the well-known Ram Janmabhoomi site, that currently attracts the largest number of pilgrims.
- [Clip Dossier: Documenting OTT Platforms' Worst Offences](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ott-research): A research compilation gathering clips from films and web-series cited in a white paper on the misconduct of OTT platforms — from crude stereotypes to disturbing content served up to audiences.
- [An Open Letter to Alia Bhatt, Gucci's ‘Vegan’ Ambassador](https://gemsofbollywood.com/open-letter-to-alia-bhatt): An open letter challenging the contradiction between Alia Bhatt's vegan, pro-animal image and her role as global ambassador for Gucci, a brand PETA has long campaigned against for animal cruelty.
- ['My Mother Pulls Down My Father's Pants And...' Why A Kids' Reality Show On Sony TV Has Earned Ire Of Child Commission Head Priyank Kanoongo](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/my-mother-pulls-down-my-fathers-pants-and-why-a-kids-reality-show-on-sony-tv-has-earned): On Tuesday (25 July), the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued a notice to Sony Pictures Networks, over a dance show where a child participant was asked “vulgar and sexually explicit questions regarding his parents on stage”.
- [‘Bawaal’ and Bollywood's Habit of Mocking Gujarati Hindus](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bawaal-review-gujarati-hindus): A review arguing that 'Bawaal' continues Bollywood's pattern of caricaturing the enterprising Gujarati Hindu community, on top of a plot riddled with holes and unmotivated characters.
- [Why Does Bollywood Cast Only Hindu Men and Families as Toxic?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/demonising-hindu-men-bollywood): An analysis of how Hindi cinema repeatedly frames Hindu men as weak or abusive husbands and fathers, drawing on Laxmii, Atrangi Re, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Goodbye and more.
- [A Satirical Guide to Writing an ‘Off-beat’ Bollywood Film](https://gemsofbollywood.com/guide-to-writing-offbeat-film): A tongue-in-cheek guide listing the recycled anti-Hindu tropes that supposedly 'intellectual' art-house films lean on to win festival applause and critical validation.
- [Why Manoj Muntashir's ‘Adipurush’ Apology Rings Hollow](https://gemsofbollywood.com/muntashir-apology-for-adipurush-fake): A close reading of lyricist Manoj Muntashir Shukla's shifting statements before and after 'Adipurush', arguing his apology for the film's crude dialogue was damage control rather than genuine remorse.
- [Afwaah (2023)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/afwaah-film-sudhir-mishra): This film gaslights Love Jihad victims and declares their experiences as gossip.
- [When Mahesh Bhatt locked lips with and wanted to marry his daughter Pooja Bhatt](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mahesh-bhatt-and-pooja-bhatt): Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt kissed his daughter Pooja Bhatt during a photoshoot and wanted to marry her.
- [Garbage (2018)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/garbage-2018-qaushik-mukherjee): It is disappointing that such third-rate Hinduphobic mindsets represent Indian cinema abroad.
- [Adipurush: An ‘Un-Dharmic’ Retelling of the Ramayan](https://gemsofbollywood.com/adipurush): A critique of Om Raut's 'Adipurush' for stripping the Ramayan of everything Dharmic — from a drab, hellish Lanka to a snorting, humanised Ravana — in a shallow, video-game-like retelling.
- [Future Of Bollywood After The Disaster That Is Adipurush](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/future-of-bollywood-after-the-disaster-that-is-adipurush): In a scene from the highly anticipated Bollywood film Adipurush that hit the screens yesterday, when Lord Hanuman enters Lanka as a messenger of Lord Ram, Meghnad sets his tail on fire and taunts him, “Jali na?”.
- [Why Bollywood glorifies criminals and outlaws?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/why-bollywood-glorifies-criminals): Our society needs cinema that entertains and educates. Not Bollywood, which acts like a mouthpiece for underworld.
- [Ground Report: In Delhi Colony Where Minor Girl Was Stabbed To Death — Love Jihad, Shraddha Murder And The Kerala Story On Everyone’s Lips](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/ground-report-in-delhi-colony-where-minor-girl-was-stabbed-to-death-love-jihad-shraddha): New Delhi, 30 May: After a 16-year-old girl from New Delhi’s Rohini area was stabbed to death by a local man, the ghastly video of which was captured on camera and circulated widely on social media, the topics of ‘love jihad’, the Shraddha Walker murder case and The Kerala Story film have become tal…
- [3 Idiots (2009)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/3-idiots-mocks-rape-victims): 'All izz well' in B'wood even if they trigger rape victims, equate pooja with obscenity
- [PVR-Inox Downing Shutters On 50 Screens After Massive Losses — What It Reveals About Bollywood’s Health](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/pvr-inox-downing-shutters-on-50-screens-after-massive-losses-what-it-reveals-about): Leading multiplex chain operator PVR-Inox has announced plans to shut down 50 screens and has reported a net loss of Rs 333 crore for the quarter ended March.
- [Films show Sanyasis poorly: Kerala HC](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywood-shows-sanyasis-poorly): Comments of Kerala HC bench confirms what GOB has pointed out — Bollywood projects saffron-clad men as criminals.
- ['Attacked With Slurs Of Kaafir, Given Death Threats'; Dalit Man From Rajasthan Pays Price For Hailing The Kerala Story As A Film That Could Save Women](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/attacked-with-slurs-of-kaafir-given-death-threats-dalit-man-from-rajasthan-pays-price-for): Abhishek Sargara, a 24-year-old man from the Jodhpur city of Rajasthan, has been forced to go underground for fear of a fatal attack on him.
- [Yaadein (2001)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/yaadein-2001-subhash-ghai): Berating Sanskrit, Hinduism is vital for the hero and his "cool uncle Raj".
- [Two Major Points Missing From Debate On OTT Content](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/two-major-points-missing-from-debate-on-ott-content): The government machinery is slowly but certainly moving on the issue of regulation of content on OTT (over-the-top) platforms.
- [Stop Glorifying Gangsters As Robinhoods](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/stop-glorifying-gangsters-as-robinhoods): Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf’s murders in heavy police custody and media glare in Prayagraj city on Saturday (15 April) are no doubt a major failure on the part of Uttar Pradesh police, but it does not make the two gangsters martyrs or victims by any stretch of the imagination.
- [Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/chalti-ka-naam-gaadi-1958): Ganguly brothers made this film with plagiarised songs. Shocked when it became a hit.
- [Jeevan Mrityu (1970)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jeevan-mrityu-1970): Romantic number also have Mughal-friendly agenda
- [The Growing Public Anger Against ‘Obscenity’ In OTT Content](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/the-growing-public-anger-against-obscenity-in-ott-content): Earlier this week, hundreds of residents hit the streets in Haryana carrying banners of ‘censor web series’, ‘censor OTT platforms’, ‘Filmon mein gandagi band karo’ (stop obscenity in films), ‘Bollywood reform movement’ and ‘stop poisoning young minds’, among others.
- [Aurat (1940)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/aurat-1940-film): A Hinduphobic film that was remade later as Mother India
- [Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dolly-kitty-aur-woh-chamakte-sitare): Unworthy Hindu husband pushing wife to inter-faith promiscuity
- [Jodi Breakers (2012)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jodi-breakers-2012): Film: Jodi Breakers
- [Singham Returns (2014)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/singham-returns-ajay-devgn): Super cop prays at Dargah to defeat villainous Hindu baba
- [Jai Hind (1999): Voyeurism Dressed Up as Patriotism](https://gemsofbollywood.com/jai-hind): A short review of Manoj Kumar's 'Jai Hind', highlighting an absurd disrobing scene that betrays Bollywood's fixation on female nudity even within a supposedly patriotic film.
- [Wazir (2016)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/wazir): Grieving KP father finds clarity in a mosque, not mandir
- [What’s The Source For Bharat Matrimony’s Alarming Statistic Of Sexual Harassment On Holi?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/whats-the-source-for-bharat-matrimonys-alarming-statistic-of-sexual-harassment-on-holi): This year, the Hindu festival of Holi and United Nations-recognised International Women’s Day fell on the same day — 8 March.
- [Vilification And Mockery Of Sanskrit in Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mocking-sanskrit): Bollywood links Sanskrit with worst crimes
- [Karz (1980)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/karz): George Benson's 1978 hit was remade as this song
- [Lost (2023)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/lost-2023): Film: Lost
- [Mard (1998)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mard-1998): Johnny Lever promotes anti-Hindu message — won't go to Mandir, won't eat prashaad
- [Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/mujhse-shaadi-karogi): Slandering Hinduism by using Yajurveda mantras in a cheap context
- [Kitaab (1977)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kitaab): Promoting perversion and regressive gender ideas among children
- [When A Film Inspired By Famed Indian Spy Ravindra Kaushik Changed His Character To Rehamatullah Khan](https://gemsofbollywood.com/romeo-akbar-walter): Real heroes portrayed with different religious identity onscreen
- [How Indian Govt Rescued A Dalit Boy From Border Village Who Accidentally Entered And Got Jailed In Pakistan; A Ground Report](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/how-indian-govt-rescued-a-dalit-boy-from-border-village-who-accidentally-entered-and-got): On the intervening night of 4 and 5 November 2020, a young man from a village at the western border of India in Rajasthan unwittingly jumped off the fence to land in Pakistan.
- [Raksha Bandhan (2022)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/raksha-bandhan): Film : Raksha Bandhan
- [Hera Pheri (1976)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hera-pheri): Maligning Lord Hanuman, misinterpreting Ramayana's Lanka Dahan as massacre
- [How Celebrity Interfaith Marriages And PR Buzz Fool Women](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/how-celebrity-interfaith-marriages-and-pr-buzz-fool-women): Soon after Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar announced on her Twitter account that she had married her boyfriend Fahad Zirar Ahmad under the Special Marriage Act, a Twitter user who describes himself as a US-based Islamic scholar called the marriage “unIslamic”.
- [Baadshah (1999)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/baadshah): Molesting a woman during action scene is Bollywood's idea of comedy
- [‘Sanghi Gunde Khabardar’: Swara Bhaskar And Fahad Ahmad’s Ugly Performative Politics In Announcing Their Wedding](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/sanghi-gunde-khabardar-swara-bhaskar-and-fahad-ahmads-ugly-performative-politics-in): A youth leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently married a Muslim actress and posted this on his Twitter account, “Jamaati gunde khabardar” (Jamaati goons, be warned).
- [After Gems of Bollywood Showed Shreyas Talpade Stomping on ‘Om’ Sign In A Movie, Actor Aplogises](https://gemsofbollywood.com/after-gems-of-bollywood-showed-shreyas-talpade-stomping-on-om-sign-in-a-movie-actor-aplogises): We, at Gems of Bollywood, welcome the apology
- [Sanghaar — A lesser-known film on Palghar Sadhus](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sanghaar): This YouTube short film on the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case featuring Puneet Issar
- [Bollywood's Flood of Hindu Woman–Muslim Man Romances](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hindu-muslim-love-stories): An investigation into the recurring template pairing Hindu women with Muslim men on screen — from 'Tara vs Bilal' onward — while the reverse pairing is almost never depicted.
- [Song From Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Plagiarised From This 1997 British Song](https://gemsofbollywood.com/song-from-tu-jhoothi-main-makkaar-plagiarised-from-this-1997-british-song): 'Tere Pyaar Mein' beats plagiarised from a British song
- [Pyasa Shaitan (1984)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/pyasa-shaitan-1984): Film: Pyasa Shaitan
- [Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat — Villainising Parents Of Hindu Girls Who Elope With Muslim Men](https://gemsofbollywood.com/almost-pyaar-with-dj-mohabbat): The film has been written and directed by Anurag Kashyap
- [Anurag Kashyap’ New Film Villainises Parents Of Hindu Girls Who Elope With Muslim Men](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/anurag-kashyap-new-film-villainises-parents-of-hindu-girls-who-elope-with-muslim-men): In a scene after the interval, a television news reporter stands with a man sobbing profusely and appealing to his missing daughter to return home from wherever she had eloped to.
- [When Padma Awardees Javed Akhtar And Amitabh Bachchan Created Double-Meaning Anthem For Perverts](https://gemsofbollywood.com/javed-akhtar-amitabh-bachchan-double-meaning-stalking-song): Film: Jaadugar
- [Bombay Rose — Hindu Woman Dreams of Harem](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bombay-rose-review): This 2019 animation film glorifies the Mughals, promotes Love Jihad
- [German State Broadcaster's Documentary On 'Hindutva Pop Music' Is One-Sided, Biased, And Riddled With Flaws](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/german-state-broadcasters-documentary-on-hindutva-pop-music-is-one-sided-biased-and): German state-owned public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), the name of which translates as ‘German Wave’ in English, released a documentary on alleged hate-mongering ‘Hindutva pop’ songs on Monday (30 January) on their YouTube channel.
- [Indoo Ki Jawani (2020)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/indoo-ki-jawani): Outrageous pro-Pakistan, anti-Hindu propaganda that went unnoticed because it is extremely crass
- [One-Sided Pakistan Love In Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/one-sided-pakistan-love-in-bollywood): In Pathaan, which released on 25 January amid online and street protests, Shahrukh Khan plays an agent of India’s intelligence wing RAW while Deepika Padukone, an agent of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.
- [Gems Of Bollywood Was Sent A List Of Questions By Al Jazeera On Film Pathaan. Our Response](https://gemsofbollywood.com/gob-response-al-jazeera-pathaan): Gems of Bollywood responds to Al Jazeera
- [Desperate 'SRKians' Are Sharing Old, Unrelated Visuals To Claim Houseful Shows Of Pathaan](https://gemsofbollywood.com/desperate-srkians-are-sharing-old-unrelated-visuals-to-claim-houseful-shows-of-pathaan): A cinema hall in Tamil Nadu called out a user for calling the audience for film Varisu as that for Pathaan
- [From Uttar Pradesh To Bihar To Karnataka, Protests Taken Out Against Film Pathaan](https://gemsofbollywood.com/from-uttar-pradesh-to-bihar-to-karnataka-protests-taken-our-against-film-pathaan): Posters were burnt, slogans were raised against the film and its lead actor Shahrukh Khan
- [Controversial Journalist Barkha Dutt Gets Rightly Called Out For Labelling People Opposing Pathaan As 'Mobsters'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/barkha-dutt-pathaan): She called violent anti-CAA mobs as protesters and not mobsters despite cop Ratan Lal's death
- [भारत के तारणहार पठान और पाकिस्तान की ISI के शत्रु है पूर्व सैनिक और हिंदू वैज्ञानिक – फ़िल्म पठान की कहानी](https://gemsofbollywood.com/pathan-the-savior-of-indias-and-the-enemy-of-pakistans-isi-is-an-ex-soldier-and-hindu-scientist-the-story-of-the-film-pathan-hi): एक पठान, पाकिस्तान के एक ISI एजेंट की मदद से, भारत को एक घातक वायरस से बचाता है, जिसे एक हिंदू वैज्ञानिक ने बनाया है। यह हाल ही में रिलीज़ हुई बॉलीवुड फिल्म पठान की कहानी है, जिसका कई शहरों में बड़े पैमाने पर विरोध हो रहा है।
- [Pathaan: Saved by a Pathaan and the ISI from a Hindu ‘Virus’](https://gemsofbollywood.com/pathaan-review-india-relies-on-bravery-of-a-pathaan-and-kindness-of-isi-to-save-itself-from-hindus-virus): A review of 'Pathaan', in which an ISI agent helps the hero stop a deadly virus engineered by a Hindu scientist — with a former Indian soldier once again cast as the rogue villain.
- [Manchali (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/manchali-1973): Hindu praying spaces are meant for wooing women
- [Why Is Bollywood On A Spree Making Hindu Women-Muslim Men Love Stories?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/why-is-bollywood-on-a-spree-making-hindu-women-muslim-men-love-stories): About a month ago, released a Bollywood film titled Tara vs Bilal. It was a love story between a woman named Tara Kaul and a man named Bilal Khan, where Tara gets cheated and dumped by a man named Karan Sharma till Bilal rescues her from repeated abuse by him.
- [72 Reasons Behind Boycott Pathaan Trend](https://gemsofbollywood.com/72-reasons-behind-boycott-pathaan-trend): You can download this article in PDF format from here.
- [The Family Man Season 2](https://gemsofbollywood.com/the-family-man-2): Web Series: The Family Man Season 2
- [Last Major Film Of 2022 Was A Disaster. First Major Film Of 2023 Is Heading Towards It](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kuttey): The first weekend of Kuttey has been bad for the filmmakers
- [Double XL (2022)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/double-xl-love-jihad): Meet Zorawar Rehmani, who would rescue Saira Khanna and Rajshri Trivedi
- [‘Tara vs Bilal’ and the Whitewashing of Love Jihad](https://gemsofbollywood.com/tara-vs-bilal): A review contending that 'Tara vs Bilal' glorifies love jihad and belittles Hindus, casting its Muslim lead as the only trustworthy partner while every Hindu man is weak or fraudulent.
- [Bollywood's Love For Anti-Hindu Slur 'Kaafir'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bollywoods-love-for-anti-hindu-slur-kaafir): Bollywood writers must stop using "kaafir"
- [Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/yaadon-ki-baaraat-1973): 'Chura Liya Hai Tumne' was an uncredited rip-off of an 1969 English song.
- [Bhoot Police (2021)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/bhoot-police-2021): Bollywood's greedy, lusty tantriks are always Hindus
- [Satte Pe Satta (1982)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/satte-pe-satta-1982): Desperate for a girl at night? Kidnap her
- [Khuda Gawah (1992)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/khuda-gawah-1992): Bollywood's secularism — allow prayers for Khuda inside Mandir
- [What Suniel Shetty's 'Stop Boycott Hashtags' Plea To Yogi Adityanath Reveals About The Bollywood Mindset](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/what-suniel-shettys-stop-boycott-hashtags-plea-to-yogi-adityanath-reveals-about-the): On Thursday, several Bollywood personalities met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during the latter’s two-day Mumbai visit.
- [India’s Most Wanted (2019)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/indias-most-wanted-2019): Film: India’s Most Wanted
- [Hey Ram (2000)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hey-ram-2000): Film: Hey Ram
- [Who Is Bollywood's Real ‘Badshah’ of Creepy Roles?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/badshah-of-creepy-roles): An examination of how the 'King of Romance' persona normalises stalking and harassment on screen — conduct once cited in an actual courtroom defence abroad.
- [War (2019)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/war-2019): Urduwood's action films are incomplete without mocking Hindus and extolling "sachcha musalman"
- [Agneepath (1990)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/agneepath-1990): Gun-wielding Krishnan Iyer screaming at Bhagwan
- [How Bollywood Crashed](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/how-bollywood-crashed): This year’s last big-budget, big-starrer Bollywood film Cirkus, released on 23 December, has proved to be a disaster at the box-office.
- [Thank God (2022)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/thank-god-2022): Temples are sites of evil, 'man's tyohar' genre and more
- [This Year's Last Big-Budget Film, Cirkus, Is Also A Disaster](https://gemsofbollywood.com/cirkus): With the failure of Rohit Shetty’s ‘Cirkus’ (the final big-budget film of the year), it would be fair to say that 2022 ends with an important message that Bollywood would do well to remember — ‘formula films’ and expensive stars do not sell tickets anymore.…
- [If There Is No Food On Their Table, Why Should Indians Watch Your Film Or Any Bollywood Film, Ratna Pathak Shah?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/ratna-pathak-shah): The Bollywood actress recently commented on the outrage against ‘Besharam Rang’
- [When Shah Rukh Khan Expressed Hope His Son Would Be A Serial Molester And Druggie](https://gemsofbollywood.com/srk-son-molester-druggie): The involvement of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in a drug scandal may have shocked many Bollywood lovers but not those who remember this old video where Shah Rukh Khan happily expressed a wish that he wanted his son to be a druggie and a skirt-chaser.…
- [When Deepika Padukone Fancied Rahul Gandhi As Prime Minister In An Interview And Joined Anti-BJP-RSS Sloganeering In JNU](https://gemsofbollywood.com/deepika-padukone-rahul-gandhi): She stood in solidarity with students protesting Citizenship Amendment Act
- [Fan Accounts Of Shah Rukh Khan Begin Deactivating After UP Police Direct Action Over Morphed Pictures Of Yogi Adityanath, Sadhvi Prachi](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/fan-accounts-of-shah-rukh-khan-begin-deactivating-after-up-police-direct-action-over): Police have begun taking cognizance of social media posts where a still from upcoming Bollywood film Pathaan is being morphed to insult Hindu monks and political leaders.
- [Soft Porn + Cheap Lyrics In Song Called 'Hare Krishna, Hare Ram'](https://gemsofbollywood.com/soft-porn-cheap-lyrics-in-song-called-hare-krishna-hare-ram): Using a chant for an item number with lewd lyrics
- [When Shah Rukh Khan Confessed He Was Looking To Be A Porn Star](https://gemsofbollywood.com/when-shah-rukh-khan-confessed-he-was-looking-to-be-a-porn-star): The song 'Besharam Rang' from upcoming film Pathaan may be making news for the most awkward reasons now, but Bollywood has relentlessly promoted the problematic ideology at the core of that song for ages — scores of skimpily-clad women dancing in an erotic manner to seduce a man in what seems like a…
- [Dharm Karam (1975)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/dharm-karam-1975): Using women as titillating PR to sell films started decades ago
- [Kucch To Hai (2003)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/kucch-to-hai-2003): Film: Kucch To Hai
- [Will A New Love For Hinduism Save Bollywood From Boycotts?](https://gemsofbollywood.com/hinduism-bollywood-boycotts): Is Bollywood virtue-signalling in favour of Hinduism just to save careers?
- [Bollywood's Saffron-Clad Sadhus: Always Scheming Villains](https://gemsofbollywood.com/sadhus-are-criminals): A decades-spanning survey of how Hindi cinema casts the sadhu as a lustful, scheming criminal who meets a violent end — a vilification reserved almost exclusively for Hindu ascetics.
- [In Lajja, Hindu Society Is Hopelessly Evil And All Its Women Are Victims](https://gemsofbollywood.com/in-lajja-hindu-society-is-hopelessly-evil-and-all-its-women-are-victims): All women are victims and named after Maa Sita while antagonising men are named after Lord Ram
- [Guddu Rangeela (2015)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/guddu-rangeela-2015): Promoting alcohol during "bhajans", insulting name of Lord Hanuman
- [‘Converted Through Fear Of Hellfire’. Story Of Akshay Gaur Who Became Faheem Khan For Five Months](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/converted-through-fear-of-hellfire-story-of-akshay-gaur-who-became-faheem-khan-for-five): Last week, the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition against forceful religious conversions, directed the Centre to get information from all states regarding steps taken by them.
- [Why Success Of Drishyam 2 Is No Good News For Crisis-Hit Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/articles/why-success-of-drishyam-2-is-no-good-news-for-crisis-hit-bollywood): Bollywood is in a crisis.
- [Why Success Of Drishyam 2 Is Bad News For Bollywood](https://gemsofbollywood.com/why-success-of-drishyam-2-is-bad-news-for-bollywood): The old hegemony may succumb to a new crop of filmmakers who favour plot-driven, agenda-free, cost-effective movies like this Malayalam remake.
- [Behen Hogi Teri (2017)](https://gemsofbollywood.com/behen-hogi-teri-2017): Lord Shiva is always helpless in "funny" scenes

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