
People who splurge hundreds to watch item songs on the big screen, often comment on how women should ‘cover-up’ and not wear revealing clothes.
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Actresses have always been slammed for wearing revealing clothes, but when they’re on-screen dancing to an item number with similar clothes, they are showered with whistles and applause.
Bollywood has been blatantly sexualizing women to attract eyeballs. An item song in almost every film with a woman dancing in revealing clothes is proof of that.
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When young girls see such portrayals of women on screen, they are inevitably influenced by them, too. For many of them, wearing revealing, skimmy clothes becomes an ‘elegant’ fashion choice.
However, elegance and fashion aren’t determined by how much skin one shows.
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In a recent video shared by style expert Anusha Murthy Harish, she talks about how showing skin is not synonymous with looking elegant.
The video shows clips of Ameesha Patel, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sonakshi Sinha and Zeenat Aman, explaining how elegance can be achieved without showing skin.
The video talks about how fashion is all about creating a balance. The rules state, “If you’re showing legs, cover up the top. If you’re showing cleavage, go for a longer bottom.”
While her advice is great for young girls, even women, to improve their fashion choices, the mindset of the people will not change until the portrayal of women on screen changes, too.
Cinema is a powerful medium that reaches a vast audience. What is portrayed on the screen influences many people, even if it is in a good or a bad way.