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Amar Akbar Anthony - Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation (Hardcover)
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Amar Akbar Anthony - Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation (Hardcover)
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A Bollywood blockbuster when it was released in 1977, Amar Akbar
Anthony has become a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of
Indian popular culture. Delighting audiences with its songs and
madcap adventures, the film follows the heroics of three Bombay
brothers separated in childhood from their parents and one another.
Beyond the freewheeling comedy and camp, however, is a potent
vision of social harmony, as the three protagonists, each raised in
a different religion, discover they are true brothers in the end.
William Elison, Christian Lee Novetzke, and Andy Rotman offer a
sympathetic and layered interpretation of the film's deeper
symbolism, seeing it as a lens for understanding modern India's
experience with secular democracy. Amar Akbar Anthony's celebration
of an India built on pluralism and religious tolerance continues to
resonate with audiences today. But it also invites a critique of
modernity's mixed blessings. As the authors show, the film's sunny
exterior only partially conceals darker elements: the shadow of
Partition, the crisis of Emergency Rule, and the vexed implications
of the metaphor of the family for the nation. The lessons viewers
draw from the film depend largely on which brother they recognize
as its hero. Is it Amar, the straight-edge Hindu policeman? Is it
Akbar, the romantic Muslim singer? Or is it Anthony, the Christian
outlaw with a heart of gold? In this book's innovative and
multi-perspectival approach, each brother makes his case for
himself (although the last word belongs to their mother).
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