Movies are supposed to
bring back your faith on love, humanity and hope. They are made to make you
laugh and inspire you. But there are some Bollywood directors who need to
double check their work because they are setting some serious negative examples
through Bollywood movies.
1. No Consent – Basically a guy stalking a girl even when
she states that she is “not interested in him”. Related to this was news of
an Indian guy in Australia harassing women and blaming Bollywood for it. After hearing it, I had just
laughed it off. But after watching AIB’s
video regarding the
same, I started to see a little hint of no consent in every movie or song.
Watch “Haseena Maan Jayegi”
song for example. (To watch the article, video and song, click on the links).
2. Eye Candy – It means objectifying women and men. Yep,
that’s right! Even men are objectified as eye candy. It is Bollywood people; it
means acting in movies not flaunting 6-8 pack abs. Do not even get me started
on item songs that exist for the sole purpose of getting views from guys who
just want to see girls dancing on some stupid, shady lyrics. “Log Kehte Hain
Mujhe Main to Hoon Namkeen Butter”. Those are actual song lyrics. Need I say
more?
3. Tomboy = Not Attractive – My love for “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” was to such
extent that even when I was not big enough to speak I used to say “Ku Ku Ota
Hai”. But, after growing up, I realized that it stated such a bad example that
girls who do not behave a certain way are not seen as beautiful. If you can
transform yourself into a pink loving, teddy hugging and makeup doing girl,
then you are the one. Else, God bless you. Same happened in Main Hoon Na.
4. Unrealistic Action Scenes – Actor and villain beating each other to
death, making each other fly in the air with just a punch. Hero beating all sidekicks altogether. Then
comes a corny dialogue and actress seen as this “abla naari” who is captured by
the villain and it’s the sole job of the hero to save her. Police? Who is that?
5. Set Standards of Beauty – Ever seen a Bollywood movie starring a fat
protagonist and nothing being mentioned about it? Many actors and actresses go
through skin lightening treatments to fit the beauty standards and those who
don’t have to face racist and lewd comments. Trailer of movie “Unindian”
starring Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee on YouTube has no comments
regarding acting or story but has all comments discussing over actress’s
melanin induced skin color.
6. Masala over Quality – Commercial movies like Dhoom 3, Ek tha Tiger
and Houseful are very well known by people, but very few people are aware of
gems like Hotel Salvation, Nil
Battay Sanatta and Shaitan. It’s
because such movies don’t have huge casting and people see movies for actors
not stories. Even if it means over acting.
(Image Credits –
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