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Couple of days ago I was watching Richard Gere and Julia Roberts starred movie.. 'Runaway Bride', released in 1999. While watching it, at a point I started thinking about Lopamudra Raut.
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Maggie (Julia Roberts) has had a number of unsuccessful relationships. She's left three men waiting for her at the altar on their wedding day receiving tabloid fame and the dubious nickname "The Runaway Bride". And everyone in her town, including her family and friends always mock her on that.
At a pre-wedding celebration of her, 'Ike' (Richard Gere) defends Maggie from the public mockery she starts receiving from her family and guests.
One day Maggie's drunker father passes a comment.. "Honey, your grandmother and I were thinking about opening a wedding gift museum", and laughs.
Maggie: "Stop! Just stop it. Don't say another word like that."
Her father: "Maggie, it's just a joke.. a harmless joke."
Maggie: " No, it's humiliating and you've been doing it since I was a kid. I don't like it. You may not like having a daughter with problems, but guess what? I don't like having a father who is drunk all the time."
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Guys, Lopamudra Raut is going through almost same situation here in KKK-8.
They always mock her for her makeup in every episode and sometimes show's host also joins them. It might have looked okay if it was occurred just once or twice.
Irony is, they belong to Television and Film industry where makeup is a major part of it. What their co-stars and female artists and even their family members think.. watching them degrading and humiliating a lady?
Continuously mocking someone on her/his looks (in the name of cheap entertainment), is not cool at all. No one is perfect. Instead of shooting at an easy target find some variety at least...be innovative, show viewers your acting skills if have any.
Lopamudra never complains or steps low to their level. But just because she is strong enough to handle the humiliation doesn't mean she deserves it.
Anupamaa
