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Baahubali mania: Mindless frenzy around the Prabhas film is a worrying sign

While S S Rajamouli hogs headlines, Dadasaheb Phalke winner Vishwanath is relegated to the footnotes

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Baahubali 2. Image source: @DharmaMovies

J Jagannath New Delhi
Since the last four weeks, the most read stories on this newspaper’s website have been the myriad ones on the kind of money Baahubali 2 has been minting at the box office. At a time when the country is in the grip of mob lynchings and a new tax system where renewables (18 per cent) are taxed more than coal (5 per cent) and sanitary napkins are taxed at 12 per cent while sindoor is tax free, it’s fascinating that people are obsessed with following the box office conquests of a frankly unspectacular movie.

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