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Adibah Iqbal is a Bollywood fan. Card-carrying and all… but wait – what’s going on?
Now, I don’t want to sound like an old Asian lady who refuses to move with the times, but could someone tell me what’s happened to Bollywood? I guess I’ve been out of the loop for the last 10 years, but I remember the days of Kajol Devgan spotting Shahrukh Khan in a field of yellow flowers and runs to embrace him in Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge and in Lagaan when everyone needs a little motivation, a crazy looking bearded man breaks into sing song.
I came across this on Facebook, and being absent from the Bollywood scene for years, I wanted to have a little catch up with it expecting the same innocents. But that is not what I got, this video shows the evolution of Bollywood, which is made by Transhuman collective, and lets say Bollywood’s become a bit more…well just have a look for yourselves…
I’m not saying that Bollywood has never been misogynistic or had a very rigid ideal of gender roles. But I think that this is just crossing many lines. What do you guys think?
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About the author
Adibah Iqbal
Adibah Iqbal is a young filmmaker, using media and the arts to highlight topical issues affecting her community. She is currently working on a play that discusses motherhood in the Asian community and is soon to start directing a film on feminism and young women. She is actively involved in the Bristol voluntary sector, working with Salaam Shalom Youth Council, Watershed and Icon Films. She believes that minority voices are not always represented fairly in mainstream media and that the best way to tackle this is to create your own media. She was part of the Creative Talent Lab in Bristol in February 2014 and a founding Young Journalist for Rife magazine.
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