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
— Gems of Bollywood ??????? ?? ???? (@GemsOfBollywood) January 2, 2021
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
— Gems of Bollywood ??????? ?? ???? (@GemsOfBollywood) September 20, 2021
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