whats with the bikini culture in bollywood?

it might sound like a funny topic to some..😆if so please forgive me..😊

lol..nobody has a say about it?😕

I really have no answer as to why they need to don bikinis to sell the product; I never really found the answer. I agree, movies that do not have the "bikininess" (for lack of a better word) tend to fare well than those that do. However, still the so called film makers do not learn.

it is not new Bikini 'culture' started way back in the 60's70s when actresses like Sharmila,Dimple,Zeenat,Parveen later Sarika wore bikinis.

Originally posted by: ajooni

it is not new Bikini 'culture' started way back in the 60's70s when actresses like Sharmila,Dimple,Zeenat,Parveen later Sarika wore bikinis.

Earlier in the silent era some actresses wore swimsuits..Nutan and Saira Banu were the famous ones when talkies started..

well..i agree bikinis are not new to bollywood..but this newly adapted bikini+love making+rap culture is quite new to bollywood..

Bikini culture is not new to the Hindi film industry. It probably started with Devika Rani who also drank and smoked and also ran away with her co-star and then came back to her husband. I know nothing to do with the bikini topic but just wanted to write that women in films were bold back then esp. in 1920-30s.

This is Nutan



May be it is not that bold by today's standard but it raised eyebrows in that era. Nargis too appeared in a similar suit.

Then there are Sharmila, Rakhi, Tanuja in actual bikinis and from there on every famous female actor has appeared in one.

Originally posted by: ~*simran*~

I really have no answer as to why they need to don bikinis to sell the product; I never really found the answer. I agree, movies that do not have the "bikininess" (for lack of a better word) tend to fare well than those that do. However, still the so called film makers do not learn.

I find it wrong when the producers/filmmakers say that this (as in bikinis etc) is what the audience wants; that the audience is "s*x starved". If this was the case, movies such as A Wednesday would not have, well should not have, fared as it did.

I really see no need for such tactics to promote the movie. No matter how advanced people are getting, or how open; it's still awkward seeing actors in bikinis/kissing scenes etc with family. Bollywood thrives to a great extent from the family audience, but still they come up with excuses "it was an essential part of the script". You'd think they'd have learnt by now that the audience isn't dense as they (producers etc) make them to be. Even now, if the makers of Houseful are asked about the bikinis, the director or producer will say "the script demanded it".

I guess Bollywood is trying hard to become a Hollywood. It's sad though, b/c some very beautiful films from Bollywood have been produced over the years.

Anyways, I'm probably dense to not understand the "aesthetics' of the bikini, or for that matter the love-making, season that's going on too.

@bold--i completely agree with this part..now its become sterotypical for every hero or heroine to say...''the script demands that love making scene..this bikini was needed for a particular part of the movie''..

Originally posted by: Decoder

Bikini culture is not new to the Hindi film industry. It probably started with Devika Rani who also drank and smoked and also ran away with her co-star and then came back to her husband. I know nothing to do with the bikini topic but just wanted to write that women in films were bold back then esp. in 1920-30s.

This is Nutan



May be it is not that bold by today's standard but it raised eyebrows in that era. Nargis too appeared in a similar suit.

Then there are Sharmila, Rakhi, Tanuja in actual bikinis and from there on every famous female actor has appeared in one.

hi thanks for replying..regarding my reply to your post iam just copying and pasting what i told ajooni..

Well! in my opinion nothing much has changed since the 20s. What was bold in that era's standard happened in that era and the same is happening even now. Live-ins, multiple partners, closet gays, casting couch and much more happened then. Some of the stories are absolutely shocking. I think women and may be men too are in much better position today.

If anything I see today's audience more accepting towards good cinema and that is why we reject 'Tashan' and accept 'A wednesday'. I mentioned Tashan because it was advertised for its bikini like Housefull.

In 80s-90s, serious cinema was branded as art house and only won awards. It was never seen by audience till it came on doordarshan but today we do watch A Wednesday, Welcome to Sajjanpur etc. The line between art house and mainstream is blurred. We have movies that cater to all types of audience unlike before when all films followed similar pattern. This is what my opinion is of today's cinema.