Bollywood Air Force movie ‘The Fighter’ tops the global box office over the weekend with $25 million – Life & Style

Bollywood action movie “The Fighter” has reportedly surpassed the global box office gross of $25.1 million, making it the highest grossing weekend of the weekend. variety on monday.

The Fighter was released in 23 territories and grossed $24.5 million worldwide over the weekend, and $20.8 million internationally outside of North America.

The blockbuster, which depicts the conflict between India and Pakistan, has been banned across the Middle East, where there are large numbers of Pakistani migrant workers, the report added, citing data from ComScore.

Starring Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor, the film’s plot revolves around the Indian Air Force and was released ahead of India’s Republic Day on January 26th, with venue It was unveiled a week after the inauguration of a controversial temple in Ayodhya. The Babri Masjid, now demolished.

Temples promised by BJP will transform Indian cities, but Muslims and some locals feel ignored

The site has been hotly contested by Hindus and the Muslim minority for decades, sparking nationwide riots in 1992 after a Hindu mob destroyed a 16th-century mosque. 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.

Hindus say the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram and has been sacred to them long before the Muslim Mughals destroyed the temple at the site to build the Babri Masjid in 1528. claims that it was.

The Supreme Court ordered in 2019 that the land be handed over to Hindus and Muslims be given separate land.

Ram temple open to public for crowd of Hindus in Ayodhya, India

In recent years, Bollywood seems to have been influenced by the anti-Muslim sentiment fostered by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, producing content that also reflects this.

In recent blockbusters like Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s Tiger 3, the “terrorist” played by Emraan Hashmi was portrayed as Pakistani.

Last year’s second-highest grossing film, “Pattern,” starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan (who is, incidentally, a Muslim actor), focused on skirmishes between the two countries over the disputed territory of Kashmir.

Last year’s Netflix film Mission Majnu depicted an Indian spy discovering Pakistan’s nuclear program.