Be-Aabroo - Revision history

Pdewan at 22:18, 28 April 2014

2014-04-28T22:18:37Z

Pdewan: /* Excuses for skin show */

2014-04-28T21:28:29Z

‎Excuses for skin show

Pdewan: /* A high-minded film */

2014-04-24T13:50:49Z

‎A high-minded film

Pdewan at 13:47, 24 April 2014

2014-04-24T13:47:57Z

Pdewan at 20:05, 21 April 2014

2014-04-21T20:05:21Z

Pdewan at 20:01, 21 April 2014

2014-04-21T20:01:01Z

Pdewan: Created page with "500px [[File: Be Abroo0.png| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 19..."

2014-04-21T19:56:34Z

Created page with "500px [[File: Be Abroo0.png| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 19..."

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-=Cast and crew=
+[[File: Be Abroo1aaa.png| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.|frame|500px]]
-[[File: Be Abroo1aaa.png| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.|frame|500px]]
+=Cast and crew=
-[[File: Be Abroo0aa.png| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Be Abroo2.png|'' Be Abroo:'' a clearer view but less of Bandini Misra’s back than from behind the shower curtain|frame|left|500px]]
 W Shridhar Prasad
 P Anand Girdhar

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−	Ms Misra took a bath; then her top was yanked off; and finally she leaped off a building and landed topless on the pavement.	+	Ms Misra took a bath; then her top was yanked off; and finally she leaped off a building and landed topless on the pavement. Three valid reasons to go topless, even if the audience only saw her bare back from behind.

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 Later, the film takes us through poverty in Tamil Nadu, which forces women into the flesh trade.
- The film then takes on itself to become a crusader against crimes against women, against oppression of women by men and against pimps. It calls for female power, has idols and role models like Indira Gandhi.
+The film then takes on itself to become a crusader against crimes against women, against oppression of women by men and against pimps. It calls for female power, has idols and role models like Indira Gandhi.
 =Excuses for skin show=
 Ms Misra took a bath; then her top was yanked off; and finally she leaped off a building and landed topless on the pavement.

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−	[[File: Be ~~Abroo1aa~~.png\| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.\|frame\|500px]]	+	=Cast and crew=
		+	[[File: Be Abroo1aaa.png\| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.\|frame\|500px]]
	[[File: Be Abroo0aa.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]		[[File: Be Abroo0aa.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]
		+	W Shridhar Prasad
		+	P Anand Girdhar
		+	D Shiv Kumar and yet U before Hindi
		+	=The film’s claim to fame=
		+	''Be-Aabroo '' was a C-film in the ‘Indian sex genre’ that did much better business than other C-films in the same genre. In 1983 the ‘Indian sex genre’ meant no kissing, no breasts and certainly no frontal nudity. (Even in 2014 things are quite strict. ''Ragini MMS-2,'' which stars international ‘adult ‘ actress Sunny Leone, vreasts do not have nipples. And there is no frontal nudity.)
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		+	C-films like ''Be-Aabroo '' were considered ‘sex films’ because there themes revolved around sex, typically condemning the sexual exploitation of women—but, in the process, showing glimpses of how women were exploited. In contrast, in the family films of that era (Sholay, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?) not even an ankle would be seen.
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		+	''Be-Aabroo’s'' main claim to fame was that audiences could make out that actress was topless during the shoot, that the director and photographer got to see the naked top, though audiences had to satisy themselves with naked backs.
		+	=A high-minded film=
		+	The credit titles of ''Be-Aabroo '' take the audience through poverty, nautch girls and a song that lectures us against a samaj (society) that needs to be reformed, which has for ages been celebrating its lust. Pictures from the three principal religions and allusions to pious women from each religion punctuate the song.
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		+	Later, the film takes us through poverty in Tamil Nadu, which forces women into the flesh trade.
		+
		+	The film then takes on itself to become a crusader against crimes against women, against oppression of women by men and against pimps. It calls for female power, has idols and role models like Indira Gandhi.
		+	=Excuses for skin show=
		+	Ms Misra took a bath; then her top was yanked off; and finally she leaped off a building and landed topless on the pavement.

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−	[[File: Be ~~Abroo0a~~.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]	+	[[File: Be Abroo0aa.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]

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−	[[File: Be ~~Abroo1~~.png\| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.\|frame\|500px]]	+	[[File: Be Abroo1a.png\| ''Be Aabroo'' (1983): topless from behind, but though a shower curtain.\|frame\|500px]]
−	[[File: Be ~~Abroo0~~.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]	+	[[File: Be Abroo0a.png\| Bandini Misra in ''Be-Aabroo:'' Even by 1983 this much of a bare back had very few precedents.\|frame\|500px]]