Are box office numbers a scam? In this week’s episode of The Wire Wrap, The Wire’s Jahnavi Sen, editor of The Wire Seema Chishti and journalist Omar Rashid talk about why Bollywood movies are not getting the kind of buzz and popularity they used to, and why directors like Anurag Kashyap are shunning the industry and calling it “toxic”.
They also discuss the communal tensions in Sambhal, with the police and chief minister of UP making remarks about how Muslim men should stay at home on Holi. On the national level, recent debates in parliament around the New Education Policy and discrepancies in voter lists have made headlines. Finally, the three talk about deals signed by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio with Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service that is yet to receive government authorisation in India.
