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Entertainment as Ethical Inquiry: Gandhian Ideals in Bollywood Hindi Films

Author(s) Dr. KRUSHNA CHANDRA MISHRA
Country India
Abstract This paper explores how contemporary Bollywood cinema in Hindi converts entertainment into ethical inquiry through the re-signification of Gandhian ideals. Using semiotic, narrative, and moral-philosophical frameworks derived from Peirce, Barthes, Eco, Ricoeur, and Nussbaum, it analyses three key films—Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Swades (2004), and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017). These works reinterpret ahimsa, satyagraha, swaraj, and sarvodaya in post-liberalization India, transforming humour, realism, and melodrama into civic pedagogy. Through close reading, the study demonstrates that the emotional intelligence of Bollywood narratives enables moral reflection among mass audiences: laughter becomes conscience, love becomes reform, and spectacle becomes dialogue. The discussion situates these films within interdisciplinary contexts—development communication, value-based education under NEP 2020, gender and ecological ethics, and the politics of representation—to argue that Gandhi’s cinema of compassion persists as a moral compass in a fragmented society. Ultimately, the paper concludes that the recurring Gandhian presence across Indian films signals the nation’s continuing need for ethical guidance and dialogic renewal at a cultural crossroads.
Keywords Keywords: Bollywood, civic pedagogy, Gandhi, Indian cinema, moral emotions, non-violence, semiotics
Field Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In Volume 16, Issue 4, October-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-21
DOI https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i4.9365
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbb8hc
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