Bandra

Published on 29th January, 2023, in Mid-day. There was a Marathi film based on caste. The songs were catchy; they set the dance floor on fire. But it was a gut-wrenching romance that ended with honour killing. Despite its dark theme, it was a super hit, so successful that it had to be turned into a Bollywood film to reach a wider audience. The remake was sanitised, glamorised and idiot-proofed, aligned to what filmmakers claimed was in line with the needs of the audience they knew best. Maharashtra became Rajasthan. Brown people became pink. Bandra mythology manifested itself in full glory: hollow, like the froth ..