From the archive record
It is the season of the bid hype and shrill campaign posters cutouts, graffiti, slogans, press releases, and even websites deluged by dreams and promises. It's carnival time when real politics takes a temporary backseat and the benign face of the Indian politician surfaces. becoming both the medium and the message. It's a time when ideologies and manifestos, have to be packaged as attractively as the contestants himself. When the image and track record of the party is as much a unique selling point as the charisma and mass appeal of the candidates. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 2