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Hello friends. Last time, when I made a video on the film Dhurandhar, I had said that the director of this film, Aditya Dhar, is a sycophant of BJP. Today, I would like to apologize for this. Friends, I don't
Dhruv Rathee exposes lies and propaganda in the film Dhurandhar 2, revealing its political agenda as BJP's election advertisement.
Key Takeaways
- Dhurandhar 2 serves as a political propaganda tool for BJP, not mere entertainment.
- The film uses emotional manipulation and false narratives to influence public opinion.
- Real historical events and figures are distorted to fit a political agenda.
- Propaganda techniques include villain endorsement of Modi and communal stereotyping.
- Understanding these tactics is crucial to critically consuming politically charged media.
What the video covers
- Dhruv Rathee critiques Dhurandhar 2 as a BJP propaganda film disguised as entertainment.
- He highlights the film’s numerous historical inaccuracies and attempts to rewrite Indian history.
- The film is described as a political advertisement with real footage and names used under a misleading disclaimer.
- Rathee explains the emotional priming techniques used to spread communal hatred, especially against Muslims.
- Villains in the film paradoxically praise Narendra Modi, a tactic to strengthen Modi’s image.
- The video discusses how propaganda techniques manipulate audiences by setting moods and narratives.
- Rathee draws parallels between the film’s narrative and BJP spokespersons’ talking points.
- He exposes how the film distorts events like demonetization and Pulwama attack for political gain.
- The video also promotes Rathee’s YouTube course on content creation and social media careers.
- Rathee concludes that Dhurandhar 2 is less a film and more a weapon of mass misinformation.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and apology regarding Aditya Dhar
- 00:59Film’s lies and attempt to rewrite history
- 02:13Fiction disclaimer as a legal cheat code
- 03:13Emotional priming and communal hatred in the film
- 04:22Villains praising Modi as a propaganda tactic
- 05:22Purpose of the film and social media career course promotion
- 07:20ISI officer dialogue and BJP talking points
- 08:22Distortion of real events and political manipulation
- 11:45Pulwama attack and intelligence operation misrepresentation
- 16:08Conclusion: film as weapon of misinformation
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think that these are sycophants of BJP. Now I think he is a great sycophant.
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He is such a sycophant that even North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un would feel jealous after seeing him. He will think, I wish I could also find someone like Adityadhar. Dhurandhar 2 is not a film made for entertainment purposes. This is BJP's most expensive
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election advertisement. That too with an interval. Normally ads are skipped. But by paying ₹500 for this ad, you can go and watch it in the theatre yourself. And I am not saying this. The Chief Minister of BJP himself is
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saying this. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma publicly said that people who are going to watch Dhurandhar will vote for BJP.
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Those who are going to watch Dhurandhar are going to vote for BJP. It's good for me. The official handle of BJP itself is using the songs of the film as promotional material for Modi. Now if the matter had ended
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only here, then it would have been fine. But this film is full of so many lies, so many lies that through it an attempt is being made to rewrite the history of the country. An attempt is being made to brainwash people on a large scale. And the amazing thing is that
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it is denying the events that people have experienced themselves. Doing this is not only an insult to the country but also an insult to all the countrymen.
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And the only motive behind all this is the advertisement of Narendra Modi. Friends, every good advertisement has a disclaimer. That line of tiny letters that flashes at the bottom of the screen that no one reads, or that quickly
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read disclaimer of Investment Subject to Market. Dhurandhar is also something similar. The film claims to be a work of fiction inspired by real events. And you are told that any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. Saying this is
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a blatant lie in itself. Meaning you will use the real face and real footage of Narendra Modi.
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You will use the real names of Dawood Ibrahim and other gangsters and then say that it is all a coincidence. By the way, let me also say by sharing this cartoon that this is a fictional work inspired by real life
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events. And if you find anyone's face similar to someone else's, it is just a coincidence. Purely coincidental.
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In reality, this disclaimer is a legal cheat code and under its cover the audience is manipulated so that you cannot know where the truth ends and where the imaginary story begins.
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Fresh tomato ketchup is written here. So it may seem like fresh tomato ketchup. But if you turn the package, it is just a brand name and does not represent its true nature.
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This is the most powerful tool of any ad. Lies hidden in the fine print. Aditya Dhar has developed so much expertise in this inspired-by-real-events whitewashing that if Osama Bin Laden were alive and needed to improve his public image,
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Aditya Dhar would have made a film for him. Osama The Misunderstood Philanthropist Directed by Aditya Dhar.
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Inspired by real events but any resemblance is purely coincidental. Every smart ad sets the mood of the audience before selling its product.
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Romantic music plays in perfume ads. Car ads show open roads. And in this ad of BJP, Muslims are shown as barbaric. There is a scene in the beginning of the film where a Sikh man in Pakistan is burnt alive on false blasphemy charges. The
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mob present there is raising slogans of separation of head and body. The point is not whether such incidents actually happen in Pakistan or not. The point is that if BJP has to advertise, then the mood will be set by
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spreading hatred between Hindus and Muslims. Because even if you remove this scene from the film, it would not make any difference to the storyline. There is no difference in character development.
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This scene is as unimportant as the Domino's Pizza scene in the movie Phir Hera Pheri. He was added there only to promote this pizza brand.
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And here just to promote hatred. In psychology, this is called emotional priming. Generate emotion first. Then build your narrative around that emotion. This technique is like a confectioner first feeding you a spicy chili.
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So spicy that it burns your tongue. Then after that you will have to buy sweets because your mouth will be burning. In this way, Adityadhar burnt the tongue of the audience so that whatever propaganda is served later, they can
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digest it directly. Now watch the funniest propaganda trick of the film. The responsibility of the villains of Dhurandhar 2 is not just to be villains.
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These poor people have to praise Modi in every scene. Dawood Ibrahim's character says that ever since this tea seller has come, the fear among our people has increased. Just imagine, India's most wanted gangster is sitting and reviewing the effectiveness of the Prime Minister.
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As if he was a Swiggy delivery driver. Five stars, very effective, highly recommended. Wow Modi ji, wow. But seriously, it is important to understand how cunning this propaganda technique is.
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If the hero of the film had praised Modi, it would not have had much impact.
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But if the biggest villain of the film is praising Modi, then the audience gets convinced on a different level. Imagine if Thanos in Avengers said, hey, ever since I saw Spiderman, my hands have started shaking.
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Your mind automatically starts thinking that Spiderman is the most powerful hero of the Avengers. However, getting villains to say such lines is a very stupid thing. It looks strange.
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But at the end of the day, remember the purpose of this film is not to sell Hamza but to sell Modi.
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One thing you noticed is that whatever I have told you so far in this video, from the opening hook to presenting evidence one after the other,
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all in a single storyline. There are techniques involved behind this too. The only difference is what do you use these techniques for? To spread false propaganda or to convey the truth to the public.
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In the world of advertising, every ad agency is given a brief by the client. Good agencies execute the brief in a way that the audience doesn't know what they are being sold.
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But Adityadhar's agency showed this thing directly. The film depicts the oath ceremony of Narendra Modi in 2014. That too with real footage. At the same time, Major Iqbal, associated with ISI, comes to his house and his father tells him
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that you had said that this time people of your choice will win the elections. You filled India's NGOs, media, universities, socialists with American dollars.
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But still, they won. Now, this dialogue has been spoken by an ISI officer. But if the same dialogue was being spoken by a BJP spokesperson sitting on a news channel, you would not have been able to tell the difference. Because
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this film is literally making Sambit Patra's talking points through the mouths of ISI officers. The
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Adityadhar has given WhatsApp forwards their own cinematic universe here. If it had written ' Inspired by WhatsApp forwards' instead of 'Inspired by real events' at the beginning of the film, it would have been more true.
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Try matching this thing with reality. The film says that America did not want Modi to become the Prime Minister.
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But in 2014, on the day the election results were announced, US President Barack Obama personally called Modi and congratulated him. Was invited to the White House. Now you will say that maybe he might have changed his stance after winning the election
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but look at this news. In February 2014, three months before the election results, the US Ambassador herself went to Gujarat and met Modi. That means America was already preparing to work with Modi. And forget America, in 2018, Pakistan's
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former ISI chief Lieutenant General Asad Durrani himself said that ISI prefers Modi as Prime Minister.
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Look what is written in the article. Pakistan's reaction to Modi's victory was that it served India right. Modi will now destroy India's image and internal balance. That means actually the ISI chief said that he likes Modi. And what is being shown in the film
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? Exactly the opposite. Oh my God, he is opening his dhoti. But the biggest propaganda in this dialogue is that ISI was funding India's NGOs, media, universities and socialists.
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This is exactly the same narrative that the BJP government uses to suppress the voice of civil society. BJP shut down Amnesty International India in 2020 on the basis of this WhatsApp narrative.
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Raids were conducted on the homes of New Click journalists in 2023. Since 2014, foreign funding licenses of more than 20,000 NGOs have been cancelled.
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Which also includes Greenpeace India. These are the same NGOs that raise their voice for your clean air. Raise voice for Aravalli Hills.
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Hasdeo raises voice for the forest. But Adityadhar is a man of such level that he went against the country and defamed all these NGOs and universities. Leave this aside, he even called the word socialist ISI funded. The words which are
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written in the Constitution of India. It is written in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. The film shows that those who oppose Modi are foreign funded.
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But the actual data tells exactly the opposite story. In 2002, a report titled The Foreign Exchange of Hate came out and it showed that an American organization called IDRF was systematically sending US donors' money to RSS affiliated organizations. Additionally,
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between 2001 and 2012, five US-based charities donated more than $55 million to union-affiliated organizations. And the most interesting thing is that according to this report by Al Jazeera, 833 billion of the US government's federal relief funds during Covid-19
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also went to right-wing groups. But this twist will never come in Adityadhar's film. Now let's come to the biggest lie of this film.
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A decision that even BJP's own supporters could not justify was converted into a national security masterstroke by Aditya Dhar. The film shows that Pakistan first sent fake currency worth Rs 11,000 crore to India and was again sending fake currency worth Rs 60,000 crore,
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that too to fund the UP elections. Intelligence agencies briefed the Prime Minister on this matter and the Prime Minister implemented demonetization to save the country.
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Feeling proud of our unknown man. Of course, of course. Now, it means that now we know why demonetization happened.
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Good. Now, if you think about this thing logically, you will yourself feel that there is some sense in this. Does anyone take such a big action for such a small thing? This is like burning your entire house to catch a rat. The
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truth is that according to the RBI's annual report of 2017-18, out of the demonetised Rs 15.41 lakh crore, Rs 15.31 lakh crore was returned. This means that ₹9.3% of the notes were back in the banking system within a year.
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And look at this, RBI said that in that year they detected fake currency worth only ₹43 crore.
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Only ₹43 crores means ₹60 crores shown in the film, ₹11000 crores, these are just fabricated stories of Aditya Dhar.
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According to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, demonetisation reduced India's economic activity by at least 3 percentage points in November-December 2016.
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This had a very bad impact on India's GDP, the impact of which was visible for many years to come. At least 80 people were killed due to ATM lines and cash crisis. Some people died after falling while standing in line outside banks, while others died of heart attacks near ATMs.
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Bank employees died from overwork. No one could get treatment in the hospital because there was no cash.
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After coming out, he consulted doctors but after seeing the Rs 5000 notes, no doctor provided any treatment.
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People saw all this happening with their own eyes. Even the staunch supporters of BJP are unable to defend it and Aditya Dhar is calling it the greatness of his father. The truth is that if Modi had really done demonetization for this reason,
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he would have been the first one to come forward and take credit for it. I mean, just think about it, the person who did not stop the war is taking the credit for stopping it.
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Papa, you stopped the war. The person who is asking for votes in the name of the martyred soldiers of Pulwama should not take credit for this. Can this happen? I want to tell my first time voters that can your first vote be dedicated to the brave martyrs who were martyred in Pulwama
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? It is not written on the bottle of Patanjali's rose syrup how much sugar is there. But it is written on their website that it contains 99% sugar. The most powerful technique of any ad is n't what's shown to you.
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Rather it is about what is being hidden from you. So the thing to notice here is what Aditya Dhar does not show you in this propaganda film.
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25 December 2015 Prime Minister Modi made a surprise visit to Pakistan. This was the first visit of any Prime Minister of India to Pakistan after 10 years. Before this, only Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had visited Pakistan in 2004. Manmohan Singh
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never visited Pakistan during his 10-year tenure. Both the leaders met for about 90 minutes at Nawaz Sharif's house and had dinner together. This is not shown to you in the film because it goes against the narrative of the film. It goes against the product that is
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trying to be sold to you. Eight days after this visit, on January 2, 2016, a terror attack took place at Pathankot Air Force Station.
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Terrorists from Pakistan attacked the base wearing Indian Army uniforms. Seven Indian security personnel are martyred.
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You will not find this story in the film because it does not fit into this ad campaign.
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Similar is the case with the Pulwama attack in February 2019. More than 40 CRPF personnel were martyred. NSA Ajit Dobal on whom the main character of the film is based.
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In 2019, it was the NSA. 11 Intelligence inputs had come that something was going to happen but no action was taken. All this will not be shown to you because you will not buy the product after seeing the ad. Just imagine
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what would happen if any film maker used the same techniques against Narendra Modi? Real footage of Galwan is shown to you. Where in 2020, China killed 20 Indian soldiers.
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Real quote from the book of former Army Chief is used. Instead of giving clear orders to the Army Chief, the Prime Minister told him to do whatever he thought was appropriate. The Prime Minister's statement regarding the all-party meeting is
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shown and no one has entered and then it is shown that this statement was removed from the official video.
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Now mix a little lie in the middle of all this truth. Say that BJP had a secret deal with China. Say that they received foreign funding through electoral bonds to go against the country and later put a disclaimer of inspired by real
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events. Here I would like to question the Election Commission and the Supreme Court whether it is allowed to make such films in the country where a national political party is shown as anti-national. Is it allowed to create such content
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where you mix truth with lies to promote a political leader and defame someone else? If it is allowed then don't be surprised if in future using these techniques some film or any content declares BJP as traitor on social media.
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Now let's come to the most disturbing scene of this ad and it is genuinely disturbing because it presents the real death of real people as entertainment.
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In the film, Atif Ahmed's character, based on Aati Ahmed, comes out of jail. He is giving an interview to the media and then he is shot. What's more, the film's character Major Iqbal watches it live on TV in Pakistan.
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A clean intelligence operation. Now what happened in real life? On 15 April 2023, Aati Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in police custody on live television by three assailants posing as journalists.
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Ati Ahmed had filed a petition in the Supreme Court a few days ago that he would be killed in a fake encounter and when this actually happened, it clearly shows the law and order failure of the UP government.
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Now you will not believe it friends, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Om Birla paid tribute to him in the Lok Sabha in the Parliament. Shri Atiq Ahmed died on 15 April 2023 at the age of 60 in Prayagraj. Now this gathering will remain
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silent for the departed souls. If it was an intelligence operation then why was a tribute given in Parliament? This is where Adityadhar's peak detailing comes to the fore.
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In the film, Major Iqbal is seen sitting and watching the 2023 murder on TV.
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But in real life, the person on whom the character of Major Iqbal is based was killed in 2011 itself.
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Why was there a need to show such a blatant lie? Actually friends, this was Adityadhar's business requirement. Adityadhar needed to keep the villain alive so that he could fulfill the requirements of his client brief. The narrative of the product he is selling here can be created well.
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This is the reality of this film. Friends, this film is not only an attempt to rewrite the history of India but it is also rewriting your life.
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When a film lies about 1947, it is difficult to verify because you were not alive during that period.
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But 2016, 2019, 2023, all this has happened in front of your eyes. You've seen lines outside ATMs. Have seen the truth of Pulwama attack. And this film is now telling you that what you saw wasn't true.
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In reality demonetization was a master plan. In reality, Pakistan was losing the UP elections. In reality, the custodial killing was an intelligence operation.
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In psychology, this is called gaslighting. When someone tries to convince you that your own memory is wrong.
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What you saw with your own eyes was not true. And when this gaslighting happens on a large scale, on the big screen, with millions of people, it is no longer just a film. It becomes a weapon.
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Aditya Dhar's ad budget may be unlimited , but the truth is free and the truth is more powerful. Next time someone tells you that Dhurandhar is peak cinema, just tell them that no brother, this is not peak cinema.
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This is peak advertising. An ad that you buy by paying ₹500, directed by Adityadhar, where a product named Narendra Modi is being sold. The only problem with the Sena case is that no matter how great the ad is,
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if the product is not strong then it will not work. Sapna Sapna means you can see for yourself, it is just a matter of showing some real videos and all the efforts of their ads go waste. If you want to
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Topics:Dhurandhar 2Dhruv RatheeBJP propagandaIndian politicsNarendra Modipolitical advertisementfilm analysismedia manipulationemotional priminghistorical distortion
