BOLLYWOOD Sex Talkies - Bedroom Issues Hitting the Big Screen by Sugandha Rawal
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B-2 | Friday, October 4, 2019 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Sex Talkies - Bedroom Issues Hitting The Big Screen By Sugandha Rawal New DeLHI Bollywood has aced the art of uncovering soci- etal issues, and is now mastering the art of taking the audience be- tween the sheets with its stories, being driven by stars like Ayush- mann Khurrana, Sonakshi Sinha and Rajkummar Rao. What ties “Vicky Donor”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan”, “Lust Stories”, “Khandaani Shafakha- na” or Rajkummar’s upcoming “Made In China”? It is the pres- Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani in ‘Lust Stories’ - Pic: Netlix. (R) Scene from ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan’ - Pic: Twitter ence of sex -- which is not used as a tool for titillation anymore, but used in ilms to promote them,” Bollywood’s affair with sex Actor Boman Irani plays a sexol- Why should we think of sex as woven into the storyline to take SMM Ausaja, a ilm historian, has evolved. It has become- maogist in the ilm, which is present- a taboo, or go ‘haww’ at a mere forward the plot. told IANS. ture and meaningful. ed by Dinesh Vijan in association mention? It is a part of life,” Son- Sex is no longer a hush-hush There was a time when Bol- If Ayushmann Khurrana has with Jio Studios. akshi said. subject, and that is one of the lywood ilms were laced with brought issues such as sperm do- “I haven’t visited a sex clinic The audience is also accepting main reasons behind the increas- provocative steps and suggestive nation and erectile dysfunction to yet, but if I have to, there’s no themes pertaining to sex. “The ing visibility of such subjects. lyrics, with actresses in skimpy the spotlight with Shoojit Sircar’s shame in it. It shouldn’t be treated audience has matured. For the “The Internet revolution and clothes and extra focus on the “Vicky Donor” and “Shubh Man- as a taboo,” Rajkummar said at youngsters, who go and watch convergence has brought this cleavage, thighs or waist as angal Saavdhan” respectively, then the trailer launch of the ilm. movies, sex is not a taboo and revolution. Indians are now ex- attempt to add oomph. Some re- there is also actor Vicky Kaushal Sonakshi Sinha surprised the that is why it can be woven into posed to world cinema at the sorted to showing the woman in a bringing the plight of a husband audience when she decided to the storyline,” trade expert Vinod click of a button. It was neverwet sari, or stretching a simple lip who is unable to satisfy his wife essay the owner of a sex clinic Mirani told IANS. Film and trade the case before. Before Internet, lock scene. Not to forget the vi - onto the screen in “Lust Stories”. in “Khandaani Shafakhana” this expert Girish Johar feels “the en- everything was controlled by the sual metaphors denoting physical Rajkummar Rao will be seen year. “When you present a sub- tire country is becoming mature”. censor board, and because there intimacy between hero and hero- trying to improve people’s sex- ject like this, which can be dicey, Bollywood has clearly opened was so much of hush-hush ele- ine -- be it the brushing of lowers life in “Made In China”, as a talking about in a humorous way the window for sex talk. It is to ment around it, it was speciically or dimming of lights. businessman selling aphrodisiac. lets people understand it better. be seen how many get on with it. 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