In India’s Upcoming Elections, Bollywood Wages a Battle for Hearts and Minds

In a recently released trailer for PM Narendra Modi, a biopic of the Indian prime minister, actor Vivek Oberoi, playing the Indian leader, stares angrily into the camera and declares: “I am a warning Pakistan: if you dare raise your hand against us again, we will chop it off.

In a recently released trailer for PM Narendra Modi, a biopic of the Indian prime minister, actor Vivek Oberoi, playing the Indian leader, stares angrily into the camera and declares: “I am a warning Pakistan: if you dare raise your hand against us again, we will chop it off.