why india is promoting nude scenes in film???????????why why why

In the seventies there was a huge blue film industry in Kerala and elsewhere where near pornography was shown and there was  hardly any censorship.Of course the films must have been cheap, vulgar and sleazy unlike the western movies where you don't squirm or look the other way when the nude or intimate scenes are shown. I guess most Indians identify nude with the sleaze show that was and I am sure is still rampant here....I still see some posters for movies in the newspapers with the most suggestive titles like Miss Lovely , Bhayanak Hawas !!!! LOL... It is more laughable than titillating !

It is certainly not the policy of government of India or any ruling party to promote nudism. There is a censor Board to ensure that there is no vulgarity or obscenity in movies. It is more a matter of public like and dislikes. In ancient times also, nudity was not an issue of art like Ajanta and Khajuraho.  It is wrong to say that 'India promotes nudity'. such language can be used when there is deliberate govt. action.  We also needto distinguish between nudity as art form and vulgarity. M. Hussain painted many nude images but these werenot vulgar. 

vijay wrote:

What is wrong in showing a nude scene if the script demands it. Why prudes dislike the beautiful human body including their own.After perhaps enjoying a nude scene the member is now shouting hoarse? WHY?????????????????. 

 

That is one of the best answers, I miss the days when this discussion forum used to reward members based on their posts. I will write a mail to admin to restart that feature immediately.  

usha manohar wrote:

In the seventies there was a huge blue film industry in Kerala and elsewhere where near pornography was shown and there was  hardly any censorship.Of course the films must have been cheap, vulgar and sleazy unlike the western movies where you don't squirm or look the other way when the nude or intimate scenes are shown. I guess most Indians identify nude with the sleaze show that was and I am sure is still rampant here....I still see some posters for movies in the newspapers with the most suggestive titles like Miss Lovely , Bhayanak Hawas !!!! LOL... It is more laughable than titillating !

True Usha,...the titles of such films are so gross and lurid such as Jalti Jawani etc. There is also quite a fine line between nudity as art and vulgarity and Bollywood and other Indian films normally fail to keep the distinction between the two. Even many films which have been rated with  U certificate contain quite suggestive scenes and song numbers which are very inappropriate for children and yet they receive U cert. Eg. the Kaate nahin katate song in Mr. India in which Shridevi is seen dancing so suggestively and provocatively in a wet chiffon saree. A totally nude or intimate scene in a Hollywood is not even half as provocative as the Sridevi's song. So it is not simply a question of nudity but more of how well the scene is presented.

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Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

In the seventies there was a huge blue film industry in Kerala and elsewhere where near pornography was shown and there was  hardly any censorship.Of course the films must have been cheap, vulgar and sleazy unlike the western movies where you don't squirm or look the other way when the nude or intimate scenes are shown. I guess most Indians identify nude with the sleaze show that was and I am sure is still rampant here....I still see some posters for movies in the newspapers with the most suggestive titles like Miss Lovely , Bhayanak Hawas !!!! LOL... It is more laughable than titillating !

True Usha,...the titles of such films are so gross and lurid such as Jalti Jawani etc. There is also quite a fine line between nudity as art and vulgarity and Bollywood and other Indian films normally fail to keep the distinction between the two. Even many films which have been rated with  U certificate contain quite suggestive scenes and song numbers which are very inappropriate for children and yet they receive U cert. Eg. the Kaate nahin katate song in Mr. India in which Shridevi is seen dancing so suggestively and provocatively in a wet chiffon saree. A totally nude or intimate scene in a Hollywood is not even half as provocative as the Sridevi's song. So it is not simply a question of nudity but more of how well the scene is presented.

Yes Kalyyani, there are any number of such songs in south Indian films - Malayalam, Telugu etc...I have seen one such very vulgarly picturised song on Chiranjeevi and Naghma, which was quite disgusting !

India is pretty tame as far as sex scenes are concerned compared to western nations and Japan as well as Thailand. This is because we still have some psychological hangups on nudity, forgetting that Tantra recognises sex as one of the paths to god. There are 22 ( out of 84) surviving temples at Khajuraho which depict explicit sex scenes. Indians must grow up and personally I think this topic does not merit much discussion. In no way is any nudity promoted. The sleaze and blue film industry is different.

Here is a question to all those Bravos who ask, "What's wrong with showing nudity."

CAN THEY WATCH A MOVIE WITH NUDE SCENES WITH THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS AND SONS.?

rambabu wrote:

Here is a question to all those Bravos who ask, "What's wrong with showing nudity."

CAN THEY WATCH A MOVIE WITH NUDE SCENES WITH THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS AND SONS.?

There is no need to watch a film that has nudity with your teenage children since it would have an A certificate anyway ...Even otherwise why should one watch each and every film with their children? 

The A certificate restrictions is a mockery. There are many theaters who will not bother about A certificate restrictions. What all one needs to have is an understanding with the Gate Keeper of a cinema Hall.

These days, we can't see movies with our family members because of more vulgarity and double meaning words used. Bollywood movies never show full nudity, even if there is requirement in the movie.Once movie. "P.K." is a good movie, we can watch it with our family members because there is no vulgarity is used, only partial nudity is shown, hiding private part with stereo.

Nudity is allowed in an aesthetic way. If vulgarity dominates it is a Blue film. But at present in remote places Blue films are also shown in theaters.

rambabu wrote:

Here is a question to all those Bravos who ask, "What's wrong with showing nudity."

CAN THEY WATCH A MOVIE WITH NUDE SCENES WITH THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS AND SONS.?

 

@Rambabu how many teen agers watch movies with their parents, if they do they are not teen agers and parents are not parents. There is a difference between artitstic nudity and vulgar nudity.

True. I contribute to your opinion . Many artists of eminence created the Nudes not crossing the limits of Aesthetics. That's why they remained in the annals Art History. Paintings depicting vulgarity were lost in to the oblivion. The same rule applies to nudes in Movies..

A couple of years ago there was an amusing incident with regard to censorship..Sharmila Tagore who was one of the first actresses to wear a bikini, while heading the censor board was forced to cut some scenes where the actress  wore a bikini ,,,, makes one wonder whether our censor board is moving backwards ..

Censor Board rules are outdated . These guidelines on which censor Board is acting need a thorough overhauling. Time changes. Along with changing times the values in the society also change. Owing to this reason Censor Board itself was entangled in many controversies.

Thanks for the information

bhuyali saroj wrote:

Thanks for the information

 

This is not a proper comment but you should write what you liked about a particular post.

bhuyali saroj wrote:I think u haven't understand the consequence of showing nudity in films first of all it will harm children the most and if the children had that habit of watching it from early days can anyone can stop him when he grow old

Nudity does not harm anyone, in fact the more such things are considered taboo and a great hullabaloo is created over it, the more people get attracted to it. Do you know that many Caribbean countries  such as Trinidad & Tobago, Hawaii etc. where the climate is hot and dry, people wear quite skimpy clothes including women, where dressing up in short skirts, shorts and sleeveless tops is the regular practice. But they carry it very well and everyone is used to it and no one gives it a second thought. Whereas in countries where women are forced to covered up from head to toe and much noise is made about her dressing, there are more sex crimes. Why look anywhere else, in our own country, when the Nirbhaya tragedy occurred, many were ready to pounce on her with statements like her dressing was provocative and she brought it on herself. So irt is more to do with the sick mentality than nudity. Our own culture has promoted nudity through centuries, look at the temple art in various parts of countries for evidence.