Looking At Pathaan’s Success: Trends Of Bollywood Hits And The Limits Of Celebrity Activism
With convenient villainization of Pakistan as the ‘evil’ and ‘irrational’ enemy, and by occasionally hinting at Article 370 without ever actually engaging with the political implications of it, the film feels like a desperate attempt to appease the current dispensation to take the target off Bollywood’s and more specifically Shah Rukh’s back.