The Atlantic
Can Bollywood Survive Modi?
Its films have always celebrated a pluralistic India, making the industry and its Muslim elite a target of Hindu nationalists.
upper right), and three of Bollywood s biggest Muslim stars (
left to right): Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aamir Khan ( Illustration by Geoff Kim; Raveendran / AFP; Visual China Group / Getty; Chirag Wakaskar / Getty; Manoj Verma /
Hindustan Times / Getty )
This article was published online on June 10, 2021.
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link connects central Mumbai with neighborhoods to the north. If you’re driving from downtown, the bridge brings you into the orbit of Bollywood, the Hindi-language segment of India’s vast movie industry. Actors, makeup artists, special-effects people they cluster in a handful of seaside neighborhoods. The superstars live in great bungalows, with devoted crowds stationed outside.