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Accusations of Bollywood films hurting Hindu sentiments have led to calls for boycotts against several major films in recent years under the hashtag #BoycottBollywood; Bollywood producers have said that the threat of boycotts has led them to avoid certain topics in their films. In addition, there
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and many of the lyricists and songwriters infusing Urdu into the scripts; Urdu, which is heavily influenced by Middle Eastern languages such as Persian and Arabic, is generally associated with South Asian Muslims.
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or pro-Hindu. However, some films have been able to succeed regardless of the boycotts, and there seems to have been an overall limited impact on boycotted movies'
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Along with Urduwood, related terms that are used are Khanwood (referring to the dominance in Bollywood of actors with the common South Asian Muslim
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involved in the production of its movies, with some of the most popular film stars being Muslim, especially the
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to be promoted instead, claiming that it was more respectful in representing
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provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject
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Hindi cinema
Cinema of Pakistan
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boycotts
Hindi
Hindu nationalists
Hindi-language
Muslim
Urdu
Muslims
Khans of Bollywood
last name Khan
Dawood
nationalistic
revenues
South Indian cinema
Hindu culture
2020 Bengaluru drug raids
Death of Sushant Singh Rajput
Besharam Rang
List of films banned in India
Muslim social
Puranic
Sanskritisation (language)
Hindi–Urdu controversy


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