India, July 13 -- Narottam Mishra was the home minister of one of 28 states, but regularly made national headlines nonetheless when he focused on Bollywood and TV series as his subject matter of scrutiny. That was almost three years ago, when Shivraj Singh Chouhan was at the helm in Madhya Pradesh. This week, the BJP leader was left in tears after being denied the ticket to contest an election altogether.

Mishra is a six-time MLA in Madhya Pradesh, having won three times from Datia. He was the home minister in the Chauhan cabinet and was constantly making headlines for speaking against Bollywood movies that he felt went against the BJP's ideology or "national interest".

Mishra was the MP home minister and the state government spokespers...