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Thread: IIM Study - Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor. Study Reveals that:

1- 62% of the corrupt businessman in films had a vaishya last name

2- 58% of the corrupt politicians in films had a Hindu brahmin last name

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IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor. Study Reveals that:

3- Nearly, 74% of the films presented Sikhs as laughable

4- 84% of the Muslims in films were shown as strongly religious and honest

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IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor.

5- In 18/20 movies, Pakistanis were projected as welcoming, courteous, open-minded & courageous

6- However,in the same movie, Indians were largely projected as narrow-minded,unwelcoming, & conservative

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IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor.

7- Research team examined randomly picked 50 films frm the 1960s,1970s,1980s,1990s,2000s & 2010s & developed a list of movies in those decades & selected 2 to 3 movies per letter to finalise a list of 50 films per decade
IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor.

8- What is interesting is that the instances of stereotypicality against Hindus have been increasing from 1970 onwards. The highest instances of stereotypicality have been found in the last and current decade.
IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor.

9- Existing research in the domain of influence of movies on youth indicates that films significantly influence the behaviour, thoughts and emotions of the viewers
IIM Study: Bollywood Films are against Hindu-Sikh Honor.

10- Research concludes that Hollywood films, been used as a harbinger of American culture abroad BUT Bollywood films actually do not present Indian culture well in most situations.

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