Aankhen (1993)

Film: Aankhen

Year of release: 1993

Director: David Dhavan

Writer: Anees Bazmee

Producer: Pahlaj Nihalani

Lead Actors: Govinda, Chunky Pandey, Raj Babbar

It wouldn’t be wrong to blame movies like Aankhen for normalizing molestation and sexual assault. Showing the lead protagonist lift a woman’s skirt and peeping inside it while she seemingly like it/finds it funny sets a terrible example. This unhealthy obsession with female nudity has been a long-standing Urduwood formula for viewership.

Take this scene, for example:

In Urduwood, lifting woman’s skirt in public & peeping inside = romance

Woman is shown as liking all this, so audience get the signal that this on-screen molestation is legit romantic behaviour

Film Aankhein by David Dhawan featuring @govindaahuja21 pic.twitter.com/SUethyyrPO

Twenty years ago, David Dhawan was directing this. Today @Varun_dvn is following the traditionhttps://t.co/Qfz6XeULQ4