Title: Bhaijaan /
Authors: Farooqui, Samreen,; Hassanwalia, Shabani,; Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India); Prasar Bharti Corporation (India); Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)
Publisher: Public Service Broadcasting Trust,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Khan, Salman Appreciation.; Motion picture actors and actresses India.
Abstract: Bhaijaan is a documentary that looks into the doppelganger relationship our country, its men, women, and children, share with Salman Khan. In particular, it looks at the form and nature of a masculinity that Salman Khan has brought back into public consciousness since 2009 with six consecutive "blockbusters" including Wanted, Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, and Dabangg 2. Neither a celebration nor a character assassination of Salman Khan, the documentary enquires, at a meta level, an answer to the claim, "Salman Khan holds the country together. He is one of the many reasons why India is still united." And then asks what are the signals that Salman Khan's masculinity gives out? How are those signals received? and practiced?