20 years of “Main Hoon Na”
KARACHI: The lens of nostalgia is often one that comes with its share of nostalgia. The rose-colored glasses one puts on to look back in time overlook any grievances one may have had, recalling only a simpler, sweeter time that one’s heart begins to yearn for. As the upheaval sees a propaganda-driven right-wing Bollywood succumb to a growing, constantly fueled anti-Pakistan myth, one is thrown back to a time when Indian cinema had little respect for its Muslim-majority neighbour. Twenty years later, Main Hoon Na is the perfect example of such a narrative, which, perhaps, would struggle to find acceptance
