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Has Bollywood become more progressive? © Getty Images The effects of the pandemic could have a profound effect on Bollywood films
Has Bollywood - India s hugely popular Hindi film industry - become more progressive over the years?
Yes - and no - says an artificial intelligence (AI) driven study of dialogues from hundreds of films over the past 70 years.
The $2.1bn (£1.5bn) industry churns out hundreds of films every year and has a massive following among Indians globally. Fans revere stars, pray for their wellbeing, even build temples to them and donate blood in their name.
Over the years, Bollywood films have also been criticised for being regressive, promoting misogyny, colourism and gender biases, but there has been no broad study into its social biases.