Nimish Adhia — Did Bollywood Liberalize India?

Alex Aragona speaks with Nimish Adhia as he explores how Bollywood films traced cultural changes in India, and how the films themselves directly affect social attitudes.

References from Episode 52 with Nimish Adhia:

• You can read Nimish Adhia’s paper “The role of ideological change in India’s economic liberalization”, which is referenced throughout the podcast, at this link
• You can read more about the Hindi film Mother India (1957) here
• You can read the Eastern Eye op-ed “Did Bollywood write the script for the Indian economic miracle?” by Raj Persaud at this link
• Nimish’s Bollywood film recommendations:
  • • Upkar (1967), directed by Manoj Kumar
    • Guru (2007), directed and written by Mani Ratnam