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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmmr.2022(V-I).01      10.31703/gmmr.2022(V-I).01      Published : Dec 2022

Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies

Abstract

    Films have become an effective tool of propagation of messages, cultures, conflicts and ideologies. USA, Russia, China, Iran and other countries are also using it to achieve their goals to project their national agendas. Indian film industry has become the largest film producing industry in the world, and the Bollywood movies are being watched and liked all over the globe. Since the partition in 1947, India and Pakistan are considered harsh rivals. This study examined the portrayal of Pakistan image in Bollywood movies during the year of 2013. The researcher used mixed method to conduct this research. The Sample of this study was Bollywood movies released in 2013. For this purpose, the researcher scientifically investigated and analyzed about how and to what extent Bollywood movies are showing the face of Pakistan querulously. The study applied theory of framing to investigate that how Bollywood represent Pakistan.

    Bollywood, Pakistan Image, Framing, Indian Movies

    (1) MUHAMMAD Naseem Anwar
    Lecturer, Department of Computer Arts, Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (2) Lareb Kanwal
    Undergraduate Student, Department of Mass Communication, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Tahira Nasir
    Undergraduate Student, Department of Mass Communication, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Anwar, MUHAMMAD Naseem, Lareb Kanwal, and Tahira Nasir. 2022. "Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies." Global Multimedia Review, V (I): 1-13 doi: 10.31703/gmmr.2022(V-I).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ANWAR, M. N., KANWAL, L. & NASIR, T. 2022. Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies. Global Multimedia Review, V, 1-13.

MHRA

    MHRA : Anwar, MUHAMMAD Naseem, Lareb Kanwal, and Tahira Nasir. 2022. "Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies." Global Multimedia Review, V: 1-13

MLA

    MLA : Anwar, MUHAMMAD Naseem, Lareb Kanwal, and Tahira Nasir. "Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies." Global Multimedia Review, V.I (2022): 1-13 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Anwar, MUHAMMAD Naseem, Kanwal, Lareb, and Nasir, Tahira (2022), "Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies", Global Multimedia Review, V (I), 1-13

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Anwar, MUHAMMAD Naseem, Lareb Kanwal, and Tahira Nasir. "Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies." Global Multimedia Review V, no. I (2022): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmmr.2022(V-I).01