Is Bollywood complicit in pushing Modi's right-wing agenda?

The mainstreaming of a hardline brand of Hindu nationalism, mob lynchings, attacks on students, and an escalation in hate crimes: These have all become features of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

However, most celebrities have been reluctant to speak out against the prime minister's politics. Bollywood songwriter and poet Javed Akhtar is one of the few who is raising his voice.

He believes Modi is a fascist.

"Of course he is, I mean fascists don't have horns on their head," Akhtar said. "The moment you hate...