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English to Hindi: Celebrity Power in Indian Elections General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - English In India movie stars and filmmakers wield enormous influence and that point was drawn dramatically by Danny Boyle in the movie Slumdog Millionaire (hint: it is the toilet scene). Interestingly, the entertainment industry's (especially Bollywood or the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai) involvement in Indian politics was pretty marginal with a few a actors and some film makers participating in the election campaign process. But, there was an exception. The Southern state of Tamil Nadu, which is the first state in the world to effectively harness and use the film medium for political purposes right from the 1940s. During the late 1960s this nexus between politicians and the Tamil film industry reaped handsome dividends for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and led to the formation of the first non-Congress government in the state. Since then various offshoots of DMK party have alternately been in power in Tamil Nadu. By the 1980s there was a steady trickle of entertainers into the political arena. In some cases they successfully contested and formed governments (like NTR and his Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh) or were voted/nominated to the Indian Parliament.
Translation - Hindi भारतीय फिल्म कलाकारों और फिल्मकारों का समाज पर खासा प्रभाव रहता है और डैनी बॉयल ने अपनी फ़िल्म स्लमडॉग मिलियनेयर ने इसे नाटकीय ढंग से दर्शाया भी (याद कीजिये टॉयलेट वाला दृश्य)। गौरतलब है कि मनोरंजन व्यवसाय, खास तौर पर मुम्बई स्थित हिन्दी फिल्म इंडस्ट्री, की राजनीति में भागीदारी कम ही रही है, गिनती के सितारों और फिल्मकारों ही चुनाव प्रचारों में हिस्सा लेते रहे। पर इसका अपवाद था तमिलनाडु। यह विश्व का पहला ऐसा राज्य है जिसने फिल्मों का राजनीतिक उद्देश्यों के लिये दोहन 40 के दशक से ही प्रारंभ कर दिया था। 60वें दशक के उत्तरार्ध में राजनेताओं और तमिल फिल्म व्यवसाय के बीच इस रिश्ते को द्रविड़ मुनेत्र कड़घम (डीएमके) भुनाने में सफल रही। इस रिश्ते ने ही इस राज्य में पहली गैर काँग्रेसी सरकार के गठन का मार्ग प्रशस्त किया। तब से अब तक डीएमके के विभिन्न धड़े तमिलनाडु पर बारी बारी शासन कर चुके हैं। 80 के दशक तक तो राजनीतिक अखाड़े में कलाकारों की सतत अवाजाही चलती रही। कुछ मामलों में उन्होंने चुनाव जीते और राज्य में सरकारें भी बनाईं (मसलन, एन टी रामाराव और आँध्रप्रदेश स्थित उनकी तेलगु देसम पार्टी), कुछ केंद्र सरकार के लिये भी चुने या नामित किये गये।
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A decade's years experience in translations. Specialty: News, Features, Localization, Science/Technology, New Media, Engineering, Software, Arts/Literature.
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