Be-Aabroo
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| + | [[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. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 24 April 2014
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Cast and crew
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.)
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.
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.
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.
