Skin show in Indian movies and TV

Indians are still conservative and hypocrites to the core, whether we like it or not. While most of the TV serials show the leading ladies dressed to kill in dresses that reveals very little of their bodies, the accompanying ads show the girls in all their glory posing for deodorants, undergarments, hair removers, mobile phones and what not.
In order to control the urge of growing up girls from showing off too much skin and cleavage, colleges introduce strict dress codes and, in some cities, there sprout up moral policing brigades who try to ensure that the image of Indians are not sullied.

Skin show in English movies come naturally to the actresses because they do not feel embarrassed to shed their clothes in front of the production team consisting of the photographer, the director and host of other persons who have to be in attendance so that the sequence is filmed properly in the first shot itself. Getting intimate is a part of the script and they do not hesitate to do it, whether it be passionate love scenes and kisses or scenes in the bed itself and not just in the bedroom.
However, the same cannot be said about Indian movies. Here censorship is strict and skin show is taboo as such but there have been some enterprising directors who have managed to circumvent the barriers. Of course, they did not dare to go the whole hog – instead they have experimented and are still experimenting to see how far is far enough.
Gone are the days when the hero and heroine would come close and hold hands around the trunk of a tree which acted as the separator. Or – their lips would keep getting closer and closer for a kiss when a bird would suddenly fly away disturbing the concentration. Or - when a pair of birds are shown playing with each other’s beaks as a symbolic gesture of a kiss.
However, things are gradually changing and the Indian heroines are becoming bold as is the audience. The heroines do not hesitate to show off their assets. They do it not only via photo shoots but by donning dresses that reveal more than they hide. Thanks to the reach of the internet and being exposed to western cultures, everyone has shed their inhibitions. Group dances in which the heroine takes part with scantily clad dancers does not raise eyebrows any longer. Probably it is the influence of IPL cheer girls who had taken the Indian scene by storm as well as the ads of some TV commercials that had hordes of the scantily clad girls.(to be continued …)
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