http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).13
10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).13
Published : Mar 2023
Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach
Bollywood Cinema has extended fame on the global streets and gained enormous clout through its massive audience. This current research discovers the religious symbols in thirty Hindi Films with regard to the top three minorities in India i.e. Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs. The study theoretically connected with Pierce's theory of symbol and representation theory by Stuart Hall.Qualitative descriptive semiotic analysis was applied to identify the religious symbols and reveal the underlying meaning associated with the minority characters. The symbolic analysis exposed the agenda of the Bollywood films that the symbols associated with the three minor religions like Muslim
beards, caps or veils and the concept of Jihad, Sikh turbans and Christian cross were represented in a distorted and negative way. The research is a humble opinion to provide more awareness of movie makers, directors, and producers toward minority religions before making films pertaining to religious minorities.
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Religious minorities, Bollywood, Semiotic, Religious symbols
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(1) Imtiaz Hussain
Ph.D., Institute of Media & Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Shahzad Ali
Professor/Director, Institute of Media & Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Syed Ali Akbar Gardezi
M.Phil., Institute of Media & Communication Studies Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Hussain, I., Ali, S., & Gardezi, S. A. A. (2023). Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI(I), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).13
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CHICAGO : Hussain, Imtiaz, Shahzad Ali, and Syed Ali Akbar Gardezi. 2023. "Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (I): 151-165 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).13
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HARVARD : HUSSAIN, I., ALI, S. & GARDEZI, S. A. A. 2023. Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI, 151-165.
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MHRA : Hussain, Imtiaz, Shahzad Ali, and Syed Ali Akbar Gardezi. 2023. "Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI: 151-165
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MLA : Hussain, Imtiaz, Shahzad Ali, and Syed Ali Akbar Gardezi. "Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI.I (2023): 151-165 Print.
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OXFORD : Hussain, Imtiaz, Ali, Shahzad, and Gardezi, Syed Ali Akbar (2023), "Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach", Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (I), 151-165
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TURABIAN : Hussain, Imtiaz, Shahzad Ali, and Syed Ali Akbar Gardezi. "Illustration of Religious Minority Symbols in Bollywood Films: A Descriptive & Semiotic Approach." Global Digital & Print Media Review VI, no. I (2023): 151-165. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).13