Bollywuud-- bikini or bindi???

[Aberforth]

There is one thing few of us would disagree (at least the guys), a woman's body is the most beautiful thing of nature and art in this universe. If bollywood can show it in an artistic manner it is fine and good, no problem. Bindis and bikinis shouldn't be the center of controversy and if a movie tries to use bikinis just for marketing value without plot or artistic requirements, it goes way over head. Same for frivolous PILs against PDAs and 'indecency' in movies.

Not liking scantily clad women or naked women does not make you more Indian, if that is your preference don't try to justify is by nationalism, that is just one's tastes, nothing else. We should shed the hypocrisy and realise we don't get a population of 1 billion spring out of the earth.



Perfect argument. Couldn't have put it better myself.

Other than the bold text which very remotely resembles your quote, I don't see much similarity with the rest of my post Am I missing something??? Its not a good style, its completely different point.

 

[blackpearl]

Vulgarity doesn't count on the type of clothing, or lack thereof. I find many of the Bollywood movies and their dance steps quite vulgar in their expressions and stances, regardless of their clothing. OTOH, there are some western movies with quite some (necessary) nudity in there, but none of it comes as vulger or indecent.

Exactly.

 

[rahul_becks23]

exactly what........? ......the curse of the blackpearl

 

[iMav]

well the bikini thing comes down how 1 defines vulgarity .... in india its a simple definition u show ur ne part of ur body tht is covered by the regional dresses of india is vulgarity .... and the only solution acc. to india is ban karo .... ban jeans they are vulgar .... ban television coz it shows ppl in less clothes .... be bikini or bindi its the mind set of the ppl (elders and our moral govt) tht think tht less clothes is vulgarity which is not the case and many will reply to this post saying tht im infected by the western bug .....

 

[rahul_becks23]

wtf........its our freedom that we go in underwears or eskimo-suits.

 

[iMav]

ya its ur freedom .... exercise it in the public and u end up in jail .... r u frm india?

 

[rahul_becks23]

and we do the exercise in jail too...........well , its ur freedom and our thing .

 

[mehulved]

These moral police will stop at nothing. Remember Shiv Sena breaking into a private party on Valentine's Day and causing damage and injuries. Why? Coz according to them celebrating Valentine's Day is against our culture.
Moral police don't see sense, they see the sensibility of the local public. And the last thing they care about is freedom.

 

[rahul_becks23]

hehehe

 

[Aberforth]

If we were to really look at Indian history showing off body is not such a vulgar thing at all. FYI check the customes at Ramayana or Mahabharata serials, look up Kama Sutra, read the Vedas. Who started all these showing-body-parts-is-vulgar? The Victorian British rule or the Mughal muslims?

 

[iMav]

i wonder so many times .... we wrote the kama sutra still practising it is considered a sin .... same is the case with vedic maths .... the best part of r culture is not given importance to

 

[wizrulz]

For me a well dressed and good figure is sexy....rather than showing/not showing body part......

 

[__Virus__]

I respect Mallika Sherawat and Tanushri Dutta *If thts her name* for their fashion blues :X Don't know if thats a bindi bikini nudity or morals wateva

 

[gdatuk]

bikini with bindi will sure turn me on!

 

[praka123]

I would like to see Bikinis for now and for next year @tleast pls remove dat too

 

[Josan]

well this all depends upon us what we want to c a binddi or bikini

 

[Aberforth]

i wonder so many times .... we wrote the kama sutra still practising it is considered a sin .... same is the case with vedic maths .... the best part of r culture is not given importance to

Exactly. I have looked into Vedas and other religious text and nowhere are there dress codes (unless it is no dress at all). Indian culture is more natural and normal than the cultures of Abrahamic religions (Judaism-Christianity-Islam). Looking at history and origin of all so called 'conventional' dresses and purdah it can be traced back to Muslim Mughals and the British who imposed their puritanical dress codes, sexuality laws (criminalization of homosexuality) and a lot of Abrahamic moral codes. Today other countries are emulating life which has much similarities with ancient Indian lifestyle while India is still stuck a few centuries back tradition of the colonial and pre-colonial era - in the name of 'Indian tradition' of course. Perhaps these moral police need to look up history before jumping into the colonial bandwagon.

Other countries are leeching Indian culture as their own while we throw away our own real culture calling them 'western'. India was one of the most advanced countries in sexuality, maths, science in the ancient days which today is seen as western concept. Sexual liberation of women is not today's western concept, it was talked about by Vatsayana in Kama Sutra, read it if you don't believe it.

 

[mediator]

^^Well said buddy!

 

[krazyfrog]

I agree with some of you. You don't need to be in a bikini to look sexy. A sexy girl/woman can look sexy wearing anything. Similarly wearing bindi doesn't necessarily mean you're traditional or respect your tradition. Bindi can be used as a fashion item too. So just condemning bollywood to either bindi or bikini would be wrong. Both should be used as and when required.

 

[rahul_becks23]

well, some shi* again