HEROES OF INDIAN CINEMA

BARE and DARE !!!!!

Movies,besides being the fashion statements for India,have always also,indicated the mood and trends of the society.The present change in the Heroes of Bollywood,from the chocolate guys to the tough he-men who bare and dare,is a reflection of the present day image of a ladies' Dream man!(Out of Flavor-THE WEEK,Feb. 8,2009)

This change from the gentlemanly heroes,to the chocolate lover boys,followed by the metrosexual males,and now the rough and tough macho men, is the story of the changing attitudes of a woman towards her man,and her expectations from him,including the changing sexual trends,over the last few decades.The petite shy woman,of sixties,feared that they may get pregnant even by holding hands,and hence the soft spoken,gentlemanly heroes like Devanand,and AshokKumar survived on the screen,From mid seventies for almost a decade and a half,the girls started getting out of their homes,and dreamt of romance and fun,giving birth to the chocolate heroes,like Rishi Kapoor who would ride a bike and sing around the trees.The liberated woman of late nineties and early twenties,graduated further,to discos and dance and invented the metrosexual males,who dressed colorfully,used make up,gelled hair,and even experimented with accessories and jewelery.Salmans,Akshays and Sharuhks were the pioneers of this league but their life span was short lived,due to several reasons . They gave the heroines a tough competion,and the women became bolder and more vocal of their desires,and demanded titillation and their share of flesh,to ogle at!

Heroes obliged,starting with Salman,to bare their chest and assets ,followed by almost all,including Akshay,Sharukh in Om Shanti,Hrithik in Kris and Dhoom,John in Dostana,Amir in Ghajini and so on,each one bared whatever he could,and some like Ranbeer bared it all in Sawariya!
The ever powerful,independent,liberated and financially empowered woman of today,wants actually a He-man, as her Prince Charming!And this drove the heroes to six pack and now eight pack Abs! If the men can ogle at women dancers,women have all right to see the men strip,to whatever extent,and these men are doing it well! And at times even going overboard,like Hritikh in Luck By Chance,where he can claim to be the male icon,of what Katy Mirza,was for women ,once!

Ask for it,and get it on a platter !why should men alone,have all the fun !

Sanjay Kapoor,Lucknow