Authors : Imtiaz Hussain, Shahzad Ali
Volume : 14
Issue : 1
Year : 2023
Page No : 24-41
Ali2AbstractBollywood films are fashionable for hundreds of thousands in India and Pakistan as well aswithin the West.Theresearch explored the imageof religious minority characters in Bollywood Movies with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Thirty movies were chosenrandomlywhichhaveleading religious minority characters Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs. Theoretically, this researchinterconnectedwithPolitics ofRepresentation byStuart Hall,framing theory and Cinematography.The content analysisof the studyevidentlyshowedthat the religious minoritieswas painted as unfavorable slant.Unfavorable slant by Muslims minorities which was 54.4% while, 52.5% Christian community and 46.1% Sikhs characters. Whereas favorable slant was highlighted that Sikh community which was 42.7% similarly, Muslim minority was 33.5% and Christians minority 36.1% counted Moreover,Muslims minority were painted as dishonest 68.4%, thoughtless 67.4%, ugly 56.3%, unfair 54.5%, cowardly 47% and bad 44% whereas Christian minority character were portrayedmore intelligent 62.1%, mature 42.7% and attractive 41.8% while, Sikh minority character were painted as comedian 61.9%, unsuccessful 50%, religious 45% and brave 43.5%.Qualitatively, CinemaDepictedMuslimsimageas psychologically militant dreadfulindividuals, andfear-based oppressors,deceivers, traitorous, and horrible. Hindi films have wrongfully portrayed the MuslimsMinorityeither as non-modern feudal characters or as anti-national, terrorist, villain, or anti-social characters. A Sikh is known for his strength and valor, comedians while Christian minority female represented as erotic object. Keywords:Image, framing, Cinematography, religious minorities, politicsof