Shared by @GemsOfBollywood — Read how Urduwood has treated Diwali as opposed to Eid…

Shared by @GemsOfBollywood — Read how Urduwood has treated Diwali as opposed to Eid all these decades

Wrote this essay just when we started @GemsOfBollywood to expose the industry’s ways to masses through their own videos

Has the largest film industry in north India created even one decent celebration song or film around Diwali — the biggest festival in India?

Answer is that for several decades, it has not. Instead, it developed a manhoos Diwali genre

You can rest assured that the same industry has churned out an extensive repertoire of songs and films around Eid

Read:

https://swarajyamag.com/culture/the-missing-diwali-from-bollywoods-repertoire-of-festive-films-and-songs