BadriNot happening
Heads up, this is a little of a film review and a little bit of social commentary.
Also, I still haven't seen the movie. Let's begin.
So I woke up on a Saturday morning to read something as bizarre as it gets. A movie review of the movie Badrinath ki dulhaniya. What's the bizarre part you ask?
Well in today's day and age, with the progressing world and times and with a cast like Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, who are considered as the youth icons, what was that movie? A joke?
So, the movie review mentioned of this particular scene from the movie which showed Varun getting molested in a foreign land. And to back that scene, a comic sound plays as the scene unfolds.
Um, what was the joke? A man getting molested? Well, now we know who the joke's on.
For starters, a highly sensitive topic like molestation is misjudged. Secondly, the casualness around the topic is alarming and third, would it still be a comic scene if Alia's character Vaidehi was molested? Talking about a movie made in recent times. Gender does not make a difference when it comes to a topic like molestation. A victim is a victim and a survivor is a survivor. There is no HE or SHE to it.
Although it was a particular scene and not the movie in its entirety, it does make a difference.
The sound track, happening.
The cast, happening.
The movie NOT happening.(for me)
Also, I still haven't seen the movie. Let's begin.
So I woke up on a Saturday morning to read something as bizarre as it gets. A movie review of the movie Badrinath ki dulhaniya. What's the bizarre part you ask?
Well in today's day and age, with the progressing world and times and with a cast like Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, who are considered as the youth icons, what was that movie? A joke?
So, the movie review mentioned of this particular scene from the movie which showed Varun getting molested in a foreign land. And to back that scene, a comic sound plays as the scene unfolds.
Um, what was the joke? A man getting molested? Well, now we know who the joke's on.
For starters, a highly sensitive topic like molestation is misjudged. Secondly, the casualness around the topic is alarming and third, would it still be a comic scene if Alia's character Vaidehi was molested? Talking about a movie made in recent times. Gender does not make a difference when it comes to a topic like molestation. A victim is a victim and a survivor is a survivor. There is no HE or SHE to it.
Although it was a particular scene and not the movie in its entirety, it does make a difference.
The sound track, happening.
The cast, happening.
The movie NOT happening.(for me)
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