Can You believe It

[R. Richard]

So, you don't like censorship here. Try India! Comment?

Stars face court action over kiss

BHOPAL, India (Reuters Life!) - A kissing scene from a movie starring Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan has irked a lawyer who has filed a criminal case against them, accusing them of obscenity, he said on Sunday.

Shailendra Dwivedi of Indore, near Bhopal, the capital of central Madhya Pradesh state, said the scene from the movie, titled "Dhoom 2," lowered the dignity of Indian women and gave an obscene message to youth.

"Bollywood actors are conveying vulgarity in the society," Dwivedi told Reuters. "These films cannot be watched with our families, they are so vulgar at times."

A local court accepted Dwivedi's petition to punish the actors and said it would hear the petitioner on December 11.

The Indian censor board, which certifies all films, released the movie with a "parental discretion" certificate.

A majority of Indians frown upon intimacy in public.

 

[SeaCat]

Can I believe it? Yes I can believe it. There are countries other than India where the display of public affection is frowned upon. Hell, not too long ago it was frowned upon here in the United States.

Cat

 

[R. Richard]

Can I believe it? Yes I can believe it. There are countries other than India where the display of public affection is frowned upon. Hell, not too long ago it was frowned upon here in the United States.

Cat

Frowned upon yes, but not normally a cause for criminal prosecution.

 

[Weird Harold]

"Bollywood actors are conveying vulgarity in the society," Dwivedi told Reuters. "These films cannot be watched with our families, they are so vulgar at times."

A majority of Indians frown upon intimacy in public.

I can believe it. I was exposed to Bollywood movies when I was stationed in Thailand The humorous aspects of movies dubbed in Thai with subtitles in English made them just marginally bearable.

It didn't take sitting through more than couple of those "Soap Opera Season crammed into a five hour movie" monstrosities to figure out that India is more Victorian English than England was when Victoria was still alive.

They may file suit over a kiss that exceeds the five second rule, but the rest of the plot would fit right in here at Literotica -- in a prudish 1950's TV sort of way.

 

[therealzeno]

They should both be sent to prison so they can practice kissing the same sex. What's with all this heterosexual frolicing going on, and on the telly for chrissakes.

Prison I say!

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

It wasn't even a kiss. It was a medical drama. The "kiss" was strictly an emergency, life-saving medical procedure. I believe it's called Mouth-to-Cock Resusitation.

 

[R. Richard]

Given the general tone of the story, I would assume that Indian teens are banned from inter-digitation before marriage. Different stroke for different folks.

 

[elsol]

*yawn*

Again... anyone can define obscenity along a very LLLLLONGGGGG scale.

That's the danger of censorship... never know where someone is going to draw the line.

Is all good, right? Wouldn't happen here...

 

[R. Richard]

*yawn*

Again... anyone can define obscenity along a very LLLLLONGGGGG scale.

That's the danger of censorship... never know where someone is going to draw the line.

Is all good, right? Wouldn't happen here...

Of course not! Oh, it will be necessary to deprive certain people of a few, unimportant rights for just a very brief period. However, it is all for the common good. REMEMBER! Big Brother is watching.

 

[oggbashan]

The Times report of the case suggests that the complainant has no case under Indian law and is likely to lose.

India isn't that repressive. Bollywood gives the audience what it wants and the 'no kissing' rule enables the films to reach the widest audience...

Og

 

[damppanties]

... the 'no kissing' rule enables the films to reach the widest audience...

Og

There's no "no kissing rule".

 

[oggbashan]

There's no "no kissing rule".

Thanks, dampy, for putting me right.

It is one of the generally accepted beliefs in the UK about Bollywood. Others are that it is all run by a few families and no outsider has a chance of breaking in to the system.

My impression of this news report is that it is being 'hyped' to publicise the film...

Og

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Ok, I had to Google her (that's probablly frowned upon in India too ):

She's beautiful!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/1002248/aishwarya-rai.jpg

Any chance of seeing her do more than kiss?

 

[R. Richard]

Ok, I had to Google her (that's probablly frowned upon in India too ):

She's beautiful!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/1002248/aishwarya-rai.jpg

Any chance of seeing her do more than kiss?

Not unless you spiff up your line!

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Not unless you spiff up your line!

If we're relying on my charm then we may as well give up now.

 

[damppanties]

Thanks, dampy, for putting me right.

It is one of the generally accepted beliefs in the UK about Bollywood. Others are that it is all run by a few families and no outsider has a chance of breaking in to the system.

My impression of this news report is that it is being 'hyped' to publicise the film...

Og

To the first impression, not really. It is difficult to get a break, but not impossible. There are a lot of new faces coming in lately. In fact, too many. There's a well-established production house that seems to only be promoting new faces. And then there's RGV, but he's best left undiscussed.

And being hyped, that's what I think too. There have been too many almost nude scenes in Bollywood movies of late to be worried about a mere kissing scene. Oh, and there's an actor who was labeled the "Serial Kisser" because every one of his movies had an explicit kissing scene (or two). So this lawsuit is just crap. Probably a cheap publicity gimmick.