He becomes involved in all aspects of Simran's impending wedding and also does not want to elope with her. Of course, this being a Bollywood film, Raj is a man of solid character and a heart of gold.
In Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Shah Rukh Khan's Raj attempts to woo a very angry Simran (Kajol) singing Ruk Jaa O Dil Deewane. But the trend to publically harass and shame heroines in films has continued in recent times. The narrative in Hindi films has evolved and there are fewer rape scenes. There was a time when a rape scene by a menacing Prem Chopra or Ranjeet was a norm in Hindi films, just as much as there had to be a crying mother and a comedy track. That song and countless others would have given many men the idea that it was the right way to woo a woman. Was he not harassing Vyjayantimala in forcing her to marry him? What many thought was harmless fun, with Raj Kapoor showing his charming self, was exactly the opposite. In Sangam, Raj Kapoor had a hit song Bol Radha Bol. In the past two weeks, I have thought about the range of Hindi film songs where the lead actors were harassing the actresses. And I must say, sadly so, the answer is yes.' 'As a filmmaker, I must also look inward to see if the industry that I belong to could be partially responsible in propagating this kind of mindset.
'There is definitely something wrong in a society where men feel they can get away with sexually harassing or raping a woman,' Akhtar wrote. This past week, Shabana Azmi used Twitter to criticise the item numbers in Hindi films that objectify women.įarhan Akhtar acknowledged in his India Today column that harassment of woman was a common element in many Indian films. On New Year's Day, as a mark of victory over the Honey Singh affair, NDTV's Barkha Dutt sent out this tweet: 'Am all for the campaign against Honey Singh's sexist rubbish, but will we please extend our anger to misogyny in cinema, advertisements, TV?'ĭutt is not the first person to bring up the issue of misogyny in films.
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