u/dllcanary

I've started re-watching the show (from the 2005 revival), and I am currently at 1x07 The Long Game.

I am amazed by the writing in this episode. (I missed so many things during my first watch years ago) Also, this episode was so much in the territory of Black Mirror. It was Black Mirror even before Black Mirror existed lol.

So, there's an alien and a big corporation that uses **Satellite 5 (**a massive media space station) to feed false information and control the human empire on Earth.

I am surprised how relevant the sociopolitical commentary in this episode is with our current times. (off-course not including the alien bit)

I'd argue that it has probably gotten even worse with Social Media and everything being driven by algorithms, paid campaigns etc.

And the thing is........ it is happening all over the world.

Sorry for the rant but I find it irritating, disgusting and honestly eye-rolling that every time a controversy around women objectification in films erupt, the male actor somehow gets away unscathed, with absolutely no accountability.

The film has made a mockery of Paralympians too. But that has been brushed aside as well.

I feel this time, it shouldn't happen.

Jhanvi and the filmmakers are correctly called out. But where is Ram Charan in all of this?
Didn't Ram Charan sign up the film too, and charged a heavy fee in crores?

No interview, no tweet, no apology?

I don't care if there is an audience for these kind of films. If there is, then I am sorry to say, they need to evolve or should stay in the minority. This kind of cinema has existed since decades but the increasing "normalization" of this is concerning.

This is not the kind of cinema I want my family and friends to be subjected to, especially when it is wrapped under the facade of "Indian Culture".
I come from a family of young girls and boys, and I am getting sick and tired of watching films where women are treated as objects, or songs where men are repeatedly shown to be outright "groping" or catcalling women.

This problem is not specific to Bollywood, but at least they get called out regularly since 2020, but these so-called "Pan India" superstars get away every time with zero accountability.

They are repeated offenders too.

#ShameonRamCharan #ShameOnMasalaCinema #ShameOnPeddi

This is a snippet from 2017 Actresses RoundTable discussion. Ratna Pathak Shah summed up my thoughts that I am having right now, as I just finished watching Peddi.

I hate the fact that 9 years later, we are still having the same discussion.

Just replace Dabangg with any big, masala film that came out in past 4-5 years, and nothing would change.

While I don't appreciate singling-out just the actress, but privileged nepos like Jhnavi should not be given clean chit.

The existence of these films/scenes should be questioned, and everyone associated it with these should be criticized, and that includes the actress, especially when she already comes from a privileged background.