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Bollywood Sizzles
By:
Arya
Aiyappan
Tuesday,
January
09,
2007
Bollywood
is
to
boldness
as
a
thirst-quencher
is
to
fizz.
Bollywood
industry
has
many
novel
and
artistic
films
in
its
kitty
but
the
films,
which
tickle
the
sense
and
sensibility
of
the
audience
has
created
quite
a
stir
both
within
and
outside
the
industry.
What
lurks
at
the
background
is
the
question
of
censorship,
media
ethics,
limits
of
decency,
consent
and
the
integrity
factor,
viewer
ship
and
the
fluctuating
trend
among
the
audience.
Where
is
the
line
of
decency
drawn?
Who
are
the
moral
custodians?
With time the tempo of the age also undergoes change. While the very word 'sex' in itself was a taboo decades ago, now in this modern age it has become commonplace. Now bold and explicit scenes flood the screen with onscreen hot lip-locked smooches are raising eyebrows. While symbolic images earlier signified love blossoming with fire burning ablaze, two pigeons with beaks interlocked, full bloom flowers now the vivid scenes of sexual intimacy are portrayed.
Controversies are endless with the latest being the onscreen kiss between Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai inside a house, just after a Brazilian carnival sequence in Dhoom 2. Allegedly a case has been filed against the depiction of the scene for having undermined the self-respect of Indian women. No longer do the bollywood heroines tow with the sati-savitri image of one who would think twice before uttering a blasphemous word, wearing the ghoonghat, or for the matter uttering her husband's name. The actresses of today are ready to swim against the tide and indulge in bold scenes as and when the story deems it necessary. An actress as a prostitute or sex worker is no longer unimaginable.
2003 brought to limelight a host of newcomers like Bipasha Basu and John Abraham in an erotic thriller Jism where the heroine is a sly seductress. Mallika Sherawat, the sex bomb as she is branded was daring enough to do 17 hot smooches in Khwahish. In the film Murder with Emraan Hashmi and Ashmit Patel she even did explicit scenes to accentuate the story, which revolves around extramarital affair. Later Padma Lakshmi and Katrina Kaif internationally acclaimed models added much effervescence to the story with the movie Boom. Following the trend Celina Jaitley, Priyanka Chopra, and Meghna Naidu have taken the cue. Actresses clad in skimpy clothes are sizzling sights. Justifications are umpteen with exposures as the order of the day to sell a story.
The times have changed. Emrran Hashmi, the serial kisser was audacious enough to proclaim his having kissed on land and underwater too in movies and the wish to kiss in the air! Their predecessors Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor in Raja Hindustani, Kamal Hassan and Rani Mukherjee in Hey Ram and many others were the least bit hesitant to set paradigms for aspirants like Isha Koppikar and Amrita Arora who indulge in a kissing scene in Girlfriend. Not surprising enough the coy girl Preeti Jhangiani was sported in a kissing scene in Chahat Ek Nasha. Helen of yesteryears has moved aside for Kareena Kapoor in Don, Rani Mukherjee's sexy saree images in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, etc.
Despite Bollywood venturing into unforeseen areas, giving stiff competition to Hollywood, what appeals more to the culture bound Indian are family sagas revolving around the values based traditions and customs.
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