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How Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Foreshadowed the Plight of Farmers
In Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, villagers are convinced they will be left with no bargaining chips once their lands are taken over by wealthy capitalists. This brief plotline of the film feels uncomfortably familiar to what the Indian farmers have been trying to communicate over the last two months. While the three new laws don’t propose changing ownership of lands, the protesting farmers have repeatedly raised these fears.
