The aim of this essay is to trace the changing representations of female sexuality in popular Hindi cinema or Bollywood, through a reading of films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), Jism(2003), Ishaqzaade(2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur, Part I(2012) that were released in and around the first decade of the twenty first century. Through these visual texts, the esssay intends to examine how in popular Hindi films the depictions of heterosexual love, desire and the act of lovemaking or sex till date continue
“Mere paas Maa hai”, a line from ‘Deewar’ remains the most quoted dialogue from any Hindi film. For decades, Bollywood has doted on its mothers, and fans of Hindi cinema all over the world adore our filmy moms. So let’s have a look at the actresses who have played the most cherished mothers on screen. Achalal Sachdev- The ‘original Maa’ of Bollywood, Achla Sachdev remember as Kajol’s grandmother from ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ or Amitabh Bachchan’s mother from ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’
inspiration tha apka ki aap iss profession, ki aap ne ye career choose kiya? Ki matlab ye kafi pehle ki baat hai aap ne before apke plus two ke baad use bhi pehle agar aapne ye socha ho agar ki medicines me jana hai to why physiotherapy? NK “Especially I was a sportsperson. So, I came to know about physiotherapy in that age also. But I didn’t make up my mind for that. Okay. Keh sakte hai ki ye ek sudden planning tha. It is not planned. But due to our nature I usually hamesha main ye chahti thi ki
In order to understand the conflict between cinema and morality, it is important to understand the journey of women in movies over the years. After all, in most cases, morality is said to be violated because of ‘indecent’ and ‘immoral’ depiction of women. Indian Cinema is the most ‘larger than life’ aspect of our relatively small world. It is that reflection which never fails to depict society in its truest and even its fakest form. 100 years ago, when our cinematic journey began, so
In the pre 1990s in India, the injustice of the nation state caused directors and producers to release movies like Sholay where the hero gets introduced to fight the injustice that are shown towards the lower class. The hero uses vulgarity and uncleanness to fight he system. However, in the post 1990s, Bollywood movies were introduced and Karan Johar films (KJo) attracted many social classes and members of the diaspora creating emotions and memories of the homeland. He introduced Shah Rukh Khan using
Hinari seems to have succeeded in his attempts one reviewer commented that the fi... ... middle of paper ... ...ollywood Films Sippy, Ramesh, dir. Sholay. Writ. Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan. 1975. Eros International. DVD. Johar, Karan, dir. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Writ. Karan Johar. 1998. Dharma Productions. DVD. Hirani, Rajkumar, dir. 3 Idiots. Writ. Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi, and Vidhu V. Chopra. 2009. DVD. Filmography of Hybrid films Carroll, Willard, dir. Marigold. Writ. Willard Carroll. 2007