Bollywood Movies Based on Politics

Bollywood Movies Based on Politics:

Politics isn’t all about “Netagiri” and “Janta”, sometimes politics gives the right storyline for some great cinema too. Call it inspirational, learning lesson or simply entertainment, politics can be quite a moolah-raker!! Through the years, many a political figure, an incident has inspired filmmakers to connect politics to main line cinema with movies like Aandhi, Yuva, Raajneeti, Bombay and many others.

Here is a list of Bollywood movies based on politics:

• Main Azaad Hoon (1989)

• Kissa Kursi Ka (1977)
• Leader (1964)
• Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar (1984)
• Inquilaab (1984)
• Garm Hava (1973)
• Hu Tu Tu (1999)
• Aandhi (1975)
• Raajneeti (2010)
• Gulaal (2009)
• Sarkar Raj (2008)

• Sarkar (2005)

• Shool (1999)
• Satta (2003)
• Rann (2010)
• New Delhi Times (1986)
• Firaaq (2008)
• Haasil (2003)
• Chakravyuh (2012)
• Aarakshan (2011)
• Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003)
• Rakht Charitra (2010)
• Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
• Yuva (2004)

• Ek Bura Aadmi (2013)
• Satyagraha (2013)
• Shanghai (2012)
• Youngistaan (2014)
• Dirty Politics (2015)
• Raajneeti 2 (2015)

• Peepli Live was a comic satire on farmer suicides in India and the politicians of India.
• Firaaq is based on the Gujarat riots of 2002 and how it changed people’s lives forever.
• Thackeray based on the life of Bala Saheb Thackeray
• The Accidental Prime Minister based on India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh. It is 2014 memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru
• Batla House based on the controversial Delhi’s Batla House encounter.
• The Tashkent Files showcases the tragic demise of the former prime minister of India Lal Bahadur Shashtri.
• Chakravyuh is based on the issues of Naxalites.

Politics and political figures always seem to be a starting point for Bollywood filmmakers to churn out socially relevant films for entertainment and awareness at the same time.

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