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The Toxic Trend of Revenge in Indian Movies



It started with Simmba, I believe, that Indian audiences began venting out frustration through revenge drama-comedies. (Dramedies?) It was triumphantly carried forward by Uri: The Surgical Strike. The trend of the protagonist with all his swagger avenging injustice is toxic. The injustice, in the plot, is also what our hero decides and revenge, of course, is justice. It is a one-man show (reflecting politics, maybe). This trend furthers in upcoming Amitabh Bachchan starrer Badla.
There isn't anything wrong particularly in the movies due to their revenge theme. It is reflection of the society after all. But the trend in itself is quite dangerous. It speaks of the general anger and frustration in us all. Considering the earlier two movies were little more than escapist crowd pleasers, the state of people is all the more worrisome.
The Pulwama attack could have explained the anguish but Simmba and Uri were before the attacks. As culture, politics and economy are all spokes if the same wheel, I guess the roots of this frustration lies in the politics or the economy.

Art thrives only in peace and harmony and the success of poor revenge stories speaks of the agitated crowd.

Something more to think about is why are always men seeking revenge in these movies?
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