BIASED BOLLYWOOD: Sexist dialogues mouthed by top actors

Are we living in a sexist society? We ask this because films are often a reflection of our society. After all the debate that we've had about Bollywood's portrayal of women, we list some of the mysogynistic...

Recently several anti-women sentiments have been expressed in public purview - Samajwadi party MLA Abu Azmi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and spiritual leader Asaram Bapu are some examples. But is cinema also not equally culpable for reinforcing stereotypes? After all the debate that we've had about Bollywood's portrayal of women, we list some of the mysogynistic dialogues by the A-listers in the industry.

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DabanggSalman Khan starrer Dabangg (2010) shows Salman Khan as a chauvinist cop, who tries to woo his love interest Sonakshi Sinha. Despite her disinterest, Chulbul Pandey keeps talking to her and in one of the conversations where he gives her money for the pots, when she refuses, he replies: "pyar se de rahe hai, rakh lo, varna thappad maarke bhi de sakte hai”.

How can a cop ever talk to a young woman like this? Isn't it sending a message that because Salman Khan can say it, it is cool?

Hum Tumhare Hain SanamA 2002 release, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam has some similar offessive comments. The film revolves around Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit who are happily married until Madhuri's childhood friend Salman Khan enters. Shah Rukh Khan plays the jealous husband who doesn't like a male friend's presence in his wife's life.

The Dirty PictureVidya Balan starrer The Dirty Picture is about a star who is into B-grade film business. The kind of dialogues the protagonist utters are offensivem, all the same. In one of the scenes, while talking to her co-star, Vidya Balan says: "Aise mat dekho, lagta hai marinated murgi ko tandoor dekh raha hai."

Aamdani Athani Kharcha RupaiyaaThe 2001 release shows women as victims. In one of the scenes, Johnny Lever tells his wife: "Mard kab peeta hai, kya peeta hai, kaise peeta hai, yeh jaankaari rakhna Bharatiya naari ka sabse important duty hai".Not only films but Bollywood songs also show women as an object of desire. READ STORY

It's a done-to-death cliche that Bollywood is a second religion in our country. One rhetoric question - Can't filmmakers be more sensible while scripting such insensitive scenes. Celebrities like Salman and Shah Rukh Khan are demigods with a following which is perhaps not quite countable. Can't they become agents of change?

But there are some directors who are portraying women in balanced roles also. Bollywood is, albiet in small measure, witnessing a change with more layered cinema. Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Ayan Mukherjee, Shoojit Sircar are there to name a few.

DorBoth Ayesha Takia and Gul Panag are shown as two confident women coming from different backgrounds.

Zindagi Na Milegi DobaraDirector Zoya Akhtar again has shown Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin in much stronger roles. They are independent, smart and confident women.

Luck By ChanceKonkona Sen's role in the film is of a strong-headed woman, who after being dumped by her selfish boyfriend played by Farhan Akhtar, doesn't go back to him even after he apologises.

No One Killed JessicaRani Mukherji and Vidya Balan have played two very different roles. One is playing a journalist (Rani Mukherji), who follows the path of truth and knows exactly what she wants; another one (Vidya Balan) plays the victim's sister who keeps fighting for her till the end.

ShanghaiKalki Koechlin in yet another role plays a young student who is inspired by a Bengali politician. She goes all out to find the footage against the culprit in the film.We've listed five of such dialogues, feel free to contribute more if you know any.

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