Pop patriotism: Bollywood new passion

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Pop Patriotism is in air. Bollywood's biggest war epic 'LoC' is about to hit
silver screen. To add glitz and glamour to it more than half of the acting
genre has attributed to it with rage and passion. Bollywood has witnessed
different trends, the latest being chest-thumping victory sagas of martyrs
and patriotism. Top slot actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Ajay
Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, and Hrithik Roshan are doing multiple
shifts playing army men. The best Indian war film considered up-to-date is
Chetan Anand's 'Haqeeqat', which was based on India-China war of 1964, which
wrote history. It was Bollywood first and possibly the best war film with
ever hummable patriotic tune of "Kar Chale Hum". Dev Anand's 'PremPujari'
followed it in 1970. Dev Anand shed his lover boy and fought bravely
on-screen against enemy it relived the war fever. Dare devil acts of Indian
Air Force in 'Hindustan Ki Kasam' sent every dizzy with delight with actor
Rajkumar coming out with the best performance of his life. In 1997
J.P.Dutta's 'Border' turn the tide for this genre of filmmakers as country
witnessed dozens of films with patriotic films.

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