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The use of "Pop Culture" in 'Gully Boy'

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Aftab (Murad’s father) – I’ve taught you what I’ve learned. Son, your dreams must match with your reality. Murad – I will not change my dream to match my reality. I will change my reality to match my dream. God has given me a gift and I won’t give it back A powerful scene from Gully Boy, when Murad’s father asks him to align his dream with his reality because people like us have to think twice before dreaming big and we have to make sure that our head is always down while we’re moving forward in life because this is our destiny. But, Murad was very determined that he can change his life because he is gifted.  The intent   Zoya Akhtar had was not only to present the popularity of hip-hop culture in India, but also to bring in light the struggle of those who are not privileged, but want to change their life. The film tries to present the dark inequality in India.  In John Fiske’s book Understanding Pop Culture, he says “ Popular culture is made by various formations of disempowered or su