From 'Chak De! India' to 'Sam Bahadur': How Bollywood taught generations of Indians the language of patriotism
India, Aug. 14 -- By Nikita Bishay
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14 (ANI): It won't be wrong to say that every Independence Day witnesses a familiar cinematic ritual! While somewhere, someone is watching Sunny Deol's classic war film 'Border', another person is revisiting Shah Rukh Khan's 'Chak De! India'.
Families across the country even tune into television sets to watch films like 'Lakshya', 'Swades' or 'Sam Bahadur'.
Notably, a line written for a fictional character can, over time, become part of the audience's own vocabulary of national pride, be it is "amara Hindustan zindabad tha, zindabad hai, aur zindabad rahega!" from Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' or Shah Rukh Khan's undeniable unity-driven message from 'Ch...
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