Anger Erupts Over Bollywood’s Portrayal of Birth of Bangladesh

People in Bangladesh are protesting against a new Bollywood action thriller that they say portrays their country’s 1971 struggle for independence from Pakistan wrongly.

“Gunday,” which released in India on Feb. 14, depicts the bloody creation of Bangladesh as a 13-day battle between India and Pakistan beginning on Dec. 3, 1971.

According to the protesters, the film does not address the previous eight months of war fought between East Pakistan — now Bangladesh — and West Pakistan, in which three million Bangladeshis died.

In recent days, protests have erupted on social media against the film, including a Facebook group calling for it to be banned and Twitter campaigns against it....