The Indian village vanished from Bollywood plots. Now they are back on OTT

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While there are a few films which are based in villages — such as Devaraa in Homebound, Chanderi in Stree, or Nirmal in Laapataa Ladies — the village itself is not central to the storyline. The last film, where the village was a main character and had its own set of problems—Peepli Live, which was released in 2010. The village’s journey, from being central to the film to becoming a setting in it, is documented by author and sociologist Ashis Nandy in his writing on Indian cinema. While speaking to ThePrint, Nandy said that cinema is constantly changing. In his…

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