silliest caricatures/stereotypes in BW films - Page 6

Lots of stereotypes. Where do I even start.

Alright! Got a few and here's my take!

1. South Indians (especially Tamilians) shown as hyperactive bobble-head dolls. With actors such as Mehmood and Mukri, Tamilians have been shown to be very staunch to their ideologies, yet very comical in nature. And not to forget the oil dripping from their heads, with a mark of a Vishnu in white. I have known a lot of modern-day Tamilians, whose grandparents were even more modernized. And mind it, ALL South Indians are Tamilians (Keralites, Kannadigas, and Telugus alike!)

2. I agree with the Christian family stereotype. With long skirts and pinafores and a huge cross hanging down the cleavage, Christian women were seen as an epitome of westernized culture in India. And of course, not to forget certain things associated with the Goan/Manglorean Christian side of the stereotype - Cakes, wine, "Kya, man?" "What, man?" big 70s-80s style shades, and Mummy (with a British accent).

3. The female antagonist or the vamp always had a peculiar name that would make her stand out from the rest of the lot. Names like Suzie, Maria, Shabnam, Jwala, etc had to be none other than the vamp.

4. The servants were either Ramu, Ram Dayal, Deenanath, or some other name within the same lines.

5. The children were either Bubloo, Pinky, Guddi, Munni, Bunty, or some others within the same lines.

Gotta rush now.. Will add more!

Originally posted by: anu-pre4eva

How desis living abroad have no idea about their culture and cannot speak their language, as well as how they don't eat desi food and are unaware of what desi food tastes like.

Seriously most of us living abroad with parents have desi food EVERYDAY! And are aware of our culture and traditions.

and the stereotype on punjabis! somebody tell em not every punjabi wears a pag and not every punjabi is a sikh. They always show punjabi men with big bellies and what not. And many punjabi men are super fine and do not have big bellies.

So true in the movies they always portay nri's stupid n totally unaware of culture but in reality we are more desi than the indians themselves in india 😆

Originally posted by: chocolover89

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[DIV]Seriously! Indian films do an awful job of protraying us NRI's. I've seen this notion amongst Indians living in India as well..they assume that oh they live in England, America..they must be rich.. They think we earn in dollars but forget we spend in dollars as well. Movies just add on to this stereotype. [|)][/DIV]
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[DIV]That rich one living is not as bad as them making us out to be "loose moralled" wannabe folks who don't know anything about India or care about the country in every film. [:s]I've seen so many times that desi living outside of India are more desi than those living in India. [/DIV]
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[DIV]When was the last time NRI's living outside Indiafor yearswere shown to be normal? [/DIV]
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[DIV]Oh Ritsie WORD. God forbid the women are ambitious, educated, and independent. That is wrong. Our TV shows are worse about this though. The independent one wearing Western clothes = vamp ALWAYS. [/DIV]

Agree with you these bollywood movies have completely ruin an nri's image n the fake english accent gets on my nerves n most importantly most of the indians are cheap not rich like theyshow in the movies specially when buying suits at indian store n my mom tried to bargain. My parents always give me lectures on how to save evry penny n all forget about spending [LOL]