my questions and explained the fault lines of our society. 30 years from then, India’s similar Pink, tries to breakdown the barriers laid down on women. What attracts me to this movie is the simplicity of the narration, without any artificial en- dowments, pseudo intellect and chest-thumping cigarette- smoking feminists. (Why all female activists are shown smoking and drinking and the victims sari clad and demure is another misogyny that films have corrupted feminism of). The three girls in this movie are simple souls just like yours or my daughter, free, fun loving and wanting to live life to the fullest kind of human beings. They don’t know how to deal with police or the law. That’s not their domain. Even if they do come across the law they expect fair judgment. But the whole incident perturbs them to the core and get shock- ingly dismayed at the way their country and bureaucracy let them down. Like Arnab Goswami’s illiterate Journalism and wrapped logic, the courts, lawyers and society including their own families judge them, look down upon them and shame them for being what they are and wanting what they want in a seemingly fair and equal society. The movie through its simple dialogues and gripping court drama, which must have taken a few years (you see the girls growing and the wounds vanishing), does justice to the cause. But unfortunately in the real world for many little girls on the GB Road, those working women who would like to simply have a good time, or to those who just sit at home but still are abused, an Amithab Bachchan is difficult to come by to rescue. But through the movie a difficult to understand message in the hugely misogynist country like India is drilled into the heads by the able director. Last but not the least and
ity/meerut/Rajnath-for-CM-chorus-grows-in-UP BJP/arti- cleshow/52713712.cms?utm_source=toimobile&utm_medi um=Twitter&utm_campaign=referral Modi, is accused of using the tensions in the border to win elections, thus playing up to the gallery of Indian audi- ence. It’s definitely sad and heart wrenching to see the political game played out by the BJP behind the shoulders of the In- dian Army. Yet these controversies couldn’t stop both Trump and Modi becoming the heros of many millions! In the midst of this political drama and tension arrives a wonderful yet disturbing movie on the issue of sexual con- sent called Pink . I enjoyed every minute of it irrespective of the fact that it was helmed by a man and championed by yet another man. It didn’t matter. In fact, that the fight was lead by a strong and reliable Amitabh Bacchan gives validity and credibility to the fight against sexism, chauvinism, gender prejudice and misogyny. His stature in general and his pro- found acting makes all to sit up and listen to a simple mes- sage the filmwants to knock into the minds of an Indian male that ANo is a No. It doesn’t matter if the woman is sexually active, if she wears“decent” clothes or not, if she is a wife or a whore, if she is rich or poor or drinks or smokes. A NO IS A NO. That’s it, as simple as that. This message came loud and clear through a movie in the US called the The Accused by Jonathan Kaplan in 1988, almost 30 years ago. Jodie Foster was brilliant and won several awards for it. It made a huge impact on my young life at that time and answered many of
completely out of context is my worry about my dear Fawad Khan. My sincere re- quest to all those nationalists of India: Please don’t drive away my eye candy with rea- sonable acting skills from Bol- lywood. Please. Send away all the others to Pakistan if you must. But let Fawad be. In a world of Bollywood where ugly (Arjun Kapoor), lazy (Abhishek Bachchan), and feminine looking (Tiger Shroff) are ruling the industry (and many more) in the name of family links, Fawad Khan is a rare luxury and women want to see him more and more. Please spare him. In the name of God!
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