Making girls into 'items'

Miss Ruth 

Yes, please ask your daughter/s to dance to - "Sounds of ooh and aah come from all over my body." 

By now, I am well aware of the various item songs in the film industry, and their numero uno lovers, young boys and girls, who love to tell each other - "I have taken ill-reputation, for you my darling." 

What will unite these young girls, barely seven or ten is the sisterhood of sluttiness. And a la girls in UK and USA, the world will be one closer family with unwed mothers and teen pregnancies. 

I am amazed at how Indian people who eat little and wear little will spend on entertainment that is surely going to add to their woes. The real problem is this: corresponding to the influx of all these raunchy songs, there are la few good songs in the market. And to add to that these good songs are not marketed well. Every movie, including kids' movie, is centred around dumbing it down for the kids to understand.

So a film on Hindu God Hanuman will have them shaking their booty while singing screaching songs, which are basically mild versions of item songs. 

 

Item Song -- Commercial Film
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Mild Item   -- Family Film
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Item Song -- Kids' Movies
Reminder 

 

 

Thank you, Kartikey

Two or three days after a friend had stumbled upon this blog, and with annoyed surprise, asked me how long I've been posting here, it was a happy coincidence that Kartikey resumed writing in his blog - and posts from his site, found their way here. Thanks, Kartikey.

Though I had studied English at school, and have read a considerable number of books, I rarely get a chance to talk to anyone in English. For all practical purposes, it is very much the language of books. Since I started to write in Tamil a couple of years back, I find it very difficult to put my thoughts in English. I've been writing less and less, and have come to a stop. Time is a big constraint, though.

Kartikey's posts here are gentle reminders to me to resume, and I am naturally grateful for his presence in this blog. Seeing his posts recently, I feel it is important that I should acknowledge how much his posts mean to me.

So here it is.

Better days might yet come.

Bollywood is Backward

Miss Ruth

Indian (Bollywood) film culture is backward. It survives on the cult of some sort of hero-worship. Make no mistake, there are two kinds of cultures.

1. Avid Movie Culture: Mostly Europe and parts of America. Don't know about Russia and others. These people love cinema. They are not over dependent on commercial stakes. A movie is good if it's good. They are often called the elites and can be seen at Cannes and Berlin and other festivals.
2. Commerce Movie Culture: Mostly America and parts of Europe. Don't get me wrong here. You find either cultures in every country. Bur America rules the pack. Brad Pitt wanting to work in a Bollywood film is one such example. India grabs the eyeballs, hence you'll see an increased interest among international celebrities. Oh and last heard, Paris Hilton was in town. For more than a night.

India is all eyeball culture. Hence my Indian friends, and I admit most of them are educated and resent Indian cinema. It's okay for once-in-a-while fun. It's okay if you are a sadist and need to laugh out loud over silliness. But even daily comedians become a chore!

But Bollywood is repeated silliness. The thrust is on pocketing the money of the masses. Or the 'whistle blowers' as my friend informs me. the ones who want some violent or sensual titillation and will spend on it.

India (Bollywood) will get success and riches, but at the cost of respect. As more Indians are educated, they will be attracted more to better films that come out of the world, than their own films.

What I find truly pathetic about this country is that they don't promote their own culture in their films. Maybe the 'whistle blowers' ought to demand better.

We are jealous of Sachin Tendulkar

Kalki

We want the great Sachin Tendulkar to quit because we are jealous of him. He is not failing enough. People who climb up must fall down so we can feel that there was no use going up in the first place. You will only fall harder. Then we will be happy about our non-achievements.

Then, since we are romantic and use it as an excuse to cover our tracks in life, we hate the player who doesn't do that. Sachin doesn't waste time in interviews and controversies. We hate that. He actually works hard and gets laid on the field. We don't like that. We do not want to work that hard. Better if it is proven that Sachin has God-like qualities. Then we can say - it's all luck. And feel good.

In all of his recent 10-12 innings, we see a man who fails to score despite having the temperament and the timing. We see persistence despite failures. We hate that. If only he would hang his head in shame and instead of working hard, make a statement that 'I am quitting for the sake of my country', we would applaud his selflessness.

We are not good with hard-work. We want to make noise. Feel like specialists.

We don't know what in Sachin makes him unable to score runs. So we use the term loosely - reflexes are slowing, the eye does not catch the ball, the heart says yes but the body says no.

Fact: Indians never knew why they liked the man in the first place. He scores runs, and while everyone around him fails, he persists and falls, we feel glorious.

We don't know cricket. We never gave a damn about backfoot drives and flicks. They were words to throw around and not understand.

We have failed Sachin in proving ourselves incapable of intelligence.

He has not failed. He has played cricket and he will retire rich. He had done what he wanted to. Something most Indians will never boast of.

Hence, it is easy to criticize Sachin.