Orange is the new red? Boycott calls will smother Bollywood
Shobhaa De
One among India’s hottest writers, Shobhaa De has seen all of it: life as a mannequin, a copywriter, a journalist, a socialite, a scriptwriter, a bestselling novelist and a busy mo LESS
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What say? Isn’t this the proper time to begin a ‘vulgar’ dialog about Bollywood films and cancel tradition? However first, a Cambridge Dictionary definition of the phrase ‘vulgar’: “Not appropriate, easy, dignified or lovely; not within the type most well-liked by the higher lessons of society. ’ The phrase is being bandied about lots in reference to the Hindi film trade lately. First, Israeli screenwriter and movie director Nadav Lapid prompted widespread outrage, shock, awe and misery when he used it to explain ‘The Kashmir Recordsdata’ on the Worldwide Movie Pageant in Goa. Then Madhya Pradesh residence minister Narottam Mishra determined that Deepika Padukone’s ‘saffron’ (and never orange) bikini within the music ‘Besharam Rang’ was reflective of a ‘soiled mindset’, triggering a now-familiar routine of boycott hashtags.
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