How Anger Lost Its Direction and Found the Box Office

Author(s)	Ms. Anisha Madan
Country	India
Abstract	This article examines the evolving relationship between Indian cinema and contemporary social aggression, arguing that mainstream films increasingly commodify anger rather than interrogate its causes. Through an analysis of three dominant emotional drivers: toxic masculinity, destructive romantic obsession, and hyper-nationalism, the piece critiques how popular films normalise violence, erode accountability, and reduce complex social realities into spectacles of rage. Ultimately, it contends that this cycle benefits filmmakers and power structures by converting collective frustration into profit while neutralising dissent, raising urgent questions about the cultural consequences of celebrating unchecked aggression as entertainment.
Keywords	Aggression, Toxic masculinity, Destructive love, Hyper-nationalism, Violence, rage, cinema, society
Field	Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-01-29
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.67616

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