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Political biopics are rare in India and the Indianpoliticians could rarely tolerate such candid portrayals. A film based on the Internal Emergency, imposed by the Congress party in 1975, was banned.   ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’ and ‘Aandhi’ are one of the most controversial and popular films known to be political biopics and political agenda films of the 70’s. Gulzar’s musical hit “Aandhi’ was well thought-out as the biography of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, which was so controversial that the Congress party made every possible effort to impose ban on its release in India. Whereas the film projected Mrs. Gandhi as a very strong political leader and iron lady, who wins the assembly election overnight, which she had almost no chances to win. Bollywood in early years had films on almost each subject. Starting from mythology to patriotic films, musical to romantic, thriller to social melodramas, as if it had all the colours of a rainbow. Later the birth of the parallel cinema in 60’s gave a realis...