Originally posted by Nkapoor3
Reality also is that entertainment does affect the mind sets of people subconsciously
This is a very thorny issue. While I would solely blame the perpetrators for the crimes that they have committed, one cannot deny the fact that bollywood is gradually getting quite regressive in the past 1-2 years. Item songs are the rage. Most well-educated/ well-brought up families switch off or change the channel when such item songs come on screen, because they do not want their children to be corrupted or negatively influenced by the same.
At the same time, whether we like it or not, these songs are played relentlessly on radios, and listened to ad nauseum by masses, truck drivers, bus drivers, roadside dhabas, and they find themselves grooving to these songs...they hear these lyrics repeatedly. Let's face it...Bollywood does promote item songs more vigorously for these very masses who enjoy playing these songs over and over again. Groping of heroines in public is also very common...who have now stopped moving out/interacting with public without their bodyguards. Let's not pretend that these songs aren't offensive because they are. Rowdy Rathore was utterly disgraceful too.
What bothers me is that on one hand, bollywood exploit this craze of sexually repressed masses to overly promote their movies (where women are objectified and seem to be 'enjoying' manhandling by the hero) and then act nonchalant about the same.
So even if they may not be actively promoting the change, they are not doing anything to swim against the tide...but then they are continuing to propagate the very mindset that women are sex objects.
(p.s. sorry got carried away...hence this long post 😛)
Edited by newbie2011 - 11 years ago
