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Ironically, when the villain tries to do the same, there is a fight.”įor many college students, these movie stars serve as strong male figures in their lives. “And it is only the hero’s right to make sexist remarks or touch a woman inappropriately. “The hero has the privilege of breaking or endorsing all patriarchal regressive thoughts on screens,” says Vamsi. He goes on to grab her and touch her inappropriately even as she tries to pull away. Ravi Teja is seen following Trisha though she shows her displeasure. In the movie Krishna, starring Ravi Teja and Trisha, there is the song, Nee Soku Mada. Even in the videos, the male actor will be seen touching the woman actor’s body without her consent and it is all made light of as it is just seen in a song,” he says. “What we see in such songs is an endorsement of sexual and physical harassment. Vamsi, a professor in the film studies department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Tirupati, says that these kinds of sexist songs, where men don’t know the meaning of the word ‘no’, have been seen in the Telugu film industry from the 1960s onwards. There is discrimination, character assassination, gender violence, ill treatment of women in such songs and scenes,” says Sandhya, who is the president of Hyderabad-based Progressive Organisation for Women (POW).
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“There are even songs that show women being ‘teased’ about their skin colour and personality as well. Unless you are the male lead in a Telugu movie, in which case anything goes.įrom the lyrics in the songs to the way it is shot, what is on screen is a complete violation of women's rights. Those who commit the crime can be imprisoned and made to pay a fine. While most cases go unreported for various reasons, as per the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there were about 8,512 cases registered in the country in 2020 for stalking. In India, stalking is a crime under Section 354D of the Indian Penal Code. Many of these songs go on to become super hits and are downloaded as caller tunes and the lyrics posted as WhatsApp statuses. From stalking and not taking ‘no’ for an answer, to sexually harassing women, these songs run the gamut from normalising to glorifying and romanticising these acts to the movie audience. These are just a few examples of the sexist and problematic songs that are rife in Telugu movies. He further asks her why she has to follow her beliefs, considering how beautiful she is. He sings to her that she is letting her body and beauty go to waste and should be cursed for that. In the movie, Allu Arjun is the hero and Hansika Motwani, who is cast as the female lead, plays a nun. In 2007, Ninne Ninne from Desamuduru, was one of the most popular Telugu songs of that year. Despite all that, you are not even looking or talking to me.” He is asking the female lead, played by Rashmika Mandanna, ‘"Are your looks as valuable as gold and your words equivalent to pearls, that you won't look or talk to me?” At another point, he sings, “Despite leading such a great life, I'm still roaming around your house.” And when he doesn’t get the attention he is looking for, the lyrics change to, “Once a girl attains 18 years, any girl looks better, not just you.
“Chuupe bangaramayena srivalli, maate manikya mayena,” sings the character played by Allu Arjun. In the recent hit film Pushpa, starring Allu Arjun, we have the song Srivalli.
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