Here’s Why Tanhaji Is Bollywood’s Latest Islamophobic Period Film
- 4 years ago
Tanhaji, The Unsung Warrior is the latest in the slew of Islamophobic period films coming out of Bollywood in recent years.
In one of the movie’s powerfully written scenes, Shivaji’s aide Tanhaji Malusare, played by Ajay Devgn, delivers an impassioned monologue to a group of Hindu villagers who are loyal to the Mughals.
He talks about how their animals are stolen by “them”, how the way they are living (in servitude to outsiders) is equivalent to not living at all, and even mentions that woh log “khul ke Jai Shri Ram bhi nahi bol sakte (they can’t even chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ openly)”.
Now why does it feel like we’ve heard all of this somewhere recently?
In one of the movie’s powerfully written scenes, Shivaji’s aide Tanhaji Malusare, played by Ajay Devgn, delivers an impassioned monologue to a group of Hindu villagers who are loyal to the Mughals.
He talks about how their animals are stolen by “them”, how the way they are living (in servitude to outsiders) is equivalent to not living at all, and even mentions that woh log “khul ke Jai Shri Ram bhi nahi bol sakte (they can’t even chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ openly)”.
Now why does it feel like we’ve heard all of this somewhere recently?