JAB TAK HAI JAAN and sexual liberalism

JAB TAK HAI JAAN and sexual liberalism

December 3, 2012 04:25:21 PM IST updated December 4, 2012 01:19:03 PM IST By Enkayaar, Glamsham Editorial

When the character of Anushka Sharma was introduced on the screen in JAB TAK HAI JAAN, the dialogue that sort of conveyed the portrayal of the character was- she would like to have sex with people from different parts of the world and then think about deciding on life. The nonchalant manner in which the whole dialogue was conveyed on the screen, in JAB TAK HAI JAAN underlined the fact that indeed now sexual liberalism and experiment with various partners for the girls of the present generation is sort becoming an accepted fact of life.

	view JAB TAK HAI JAAN vid	No wonder, even a Yash Chopra underlined it through his film, and for a YRF film, it indeed was a major watershed, as never before expression of sexual liberalism has been pronounced so profoundly in a YRF film as it was done in JAB TAK HAI JAAN. It needs to be underlined here that Yash Raj Films has been among the few banners which have been rather liberal about portraying scenes of intimacy on the screen, but conveying liberalism through dialogues would have been the first for the banner and it coming from the last film that Yash Chopra has directed, is also a pointer to the fact that indeed, Yash Chopra also understood the changing dynamics of the society, more so among the girls of the present generation who are quite liberal in expression of their sexual preferences.

One is also reminded of such expression of sexuality by a female actor in 3 IDIOTSwhere Kareena Kapoor is sort of coercing Aamir Khan to kiss her and when he does not kiss her, remonstrates her with the barb, whether he is an impotent or a gay that he cannot kiss a girl. Indeed, this expression of liberal attitude to sexual choices and preferences underlines the fact that female of the kind is now aware of the sexuality and aspires to find its manifestations without any sense of guilt associated with it. Sex has come out of the closet, and indeed it is also manifest from the scores of surveys that magazines and journals in the country undertake on an yearly basis and which underlines the fact that indeed the idea of sexual liberalism is no more a phenomenon that has metro-centrism embedded to it, rather it has traveled far and wide around the country side. Yash Chopra referring to it JAB TAK HAI JAAN merely underlined a reality. Interestingly enough, it was Shahrukh Khan in JAB TAK HAI JAAN who was provided this information by Anushka Sharma in 2012, while 14 years ago Preity Zinta had popped up this question in a different way to SRK when she had asked her 'Are you virgin'?, well indeed the question and its connotations are indeed changing for the Indian society.

yes i agree, young indian girls, especially the teens living in metros are becoming more despo. the day is not far when even west will stare jaw opened on seeing india's boldness..pathetic indeed

People missed sexual liberalism in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (Aamir, Juhi) way back in 1988. The heroine in that movie was quite liberated even though she was a bit scared of her father! She pursued the hero of the film- she was ok with sleeping next to the hero (in fact she does!) and almost forced herself on him until the hero relented :-) She didn't go and say "I want to have sex" but she clearly says through her behavior "I want you and I would like to do more than just hold hands"! In fact in the end it was the heroine who made plans to run away from home not the hero! The hero went home and cried in his daddy's arms (well he tired but failed!)! The heroine's character was inspiring in 1988 😆

I liked how the movie was not at all conservative, yet it never made u cringe

Sexual liberalism and all is fine in general, IMO. Times have changed so obviously there will be a difference in how things were shown in BW from the previous decades and how they're shown now...and there's nothing wrong with that. I sort of prefer how things are portrayed today in movies - upfront. BW movies in the 90s/80s/70s used to beat around the bush too much and hid true meanings of stuff in song lyrics and dancing styles.

Originally posted by: YoMomma

Sexual liberalism and all is fine in general, IMO. Times have changed so obviously there will be a difference in how things were shown in BW from the previous decades and how they're shown now...and there's nothing wrong with that. I sort of prefer how things are portrayed today in movies - upfront. BW movies in the 90s/80s/70s used to beat around the bush too much and hid true meanings of stuff in song lyrics and dancing styles.

Although...I initially thought this article was going to talk about the physical relationship which SRK and Katrina's character share in the movie. Personally, I think those 'intimate' scenes were added only to compensate for the lack of chemistry between the couple and Katrina's lack of acting skills. Why do I think that YC added those scenes only so some could believe that "omg look they touched...sooo much chemistry, it was hottt"...well, too bad it didn't work with me. Two individuals don't always have to get intimate in order to show off how much chemistry or love they share. 🥱

the intimate scenes were not a surprise, the dialogues were, yash Ji has shown such intimate scenes before!

Originally posted by: Nkapoor3

the intimate scenes were not a surprise, the dialogues were, yash Ji has shown such intimate scenes before!

Originally posted by: YoMomma

Uhmm, did I say anywhere in my post that the intimate scenes came as a surprise?