Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has not only set the Indian box office on fire with his latest film Jawan, but is also generating buzz for a monologue in which his character urges people to avoid voting along religious lines.
The monologue, which occurs in the film’s climax, has sparked discussion at a time when India is politically charged ahead of a general election due by May 2024.Directed by Tamil director Atlee, who is known for strong political messaging in his movies, Jawan features a father and son taking on corruption in society.
While Khan avoided the usual press interviews for the film, he has responded to the viral monologue on X, formerly known as Twitter. “If it had been said in a non-election year, or in less deeply polarised times, it would have gone down as another innocuous piece of advice,” said political analyst Sandeep Shastri.India is a country of 1.4 billion people, of which 79.8 per cent are Hindus and 14.2 per cent Muslim, as per the 2011 Census, the latest available data. It has for some time seen deepening religious polarisation.
Given such polarisation, Ms Neera Chandhioke, a fellow at the Centre for Equity Studies in capital city New Delhi, welcomed the message of not voting along religious lines from a superstar.
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