“In two Indian states, the show has prompted governments to bolster the enforcement of existing laws, and a few weeks ago the show’s host was called to testify before a parliamentary committee after an episode on medical malpractice. The scale of the response has made Satyamev Jayate (as the show is called in Hindi) more like a people’s movement than a television show. More astonishing is the fact that this social and political phenomenon is the work of Aamir Khan, a superstar of India’s giant film industry.”