Male Gazing- Beshraram Rang, Ghungroo, Oo Antava...etc.
Pathan is scheduled to release this coming Friday. But the controversy around it never ends. One such controversy is on the song Besharam Rang featuring Deepika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan. Few political parties and netizens found the song to be vulgar and objectifying the female lead. Well, the song sung by Shilpa Rao and composed by Vishal Shekhar and has over 200 million views on the YouTube channel of YRF (Yashraj Developers) has been criticized for promoting male gazing, here's my analysis on male gazing and the portrayal of women in the songs of Indian films. Credits- Deepika Padukone from Besharam Rang (Pathan) Besharam Rang, according to me when it comes to music has a mediocre composition but it hardly objectifies women. Wearing a bikini in a foreign clad doesn’t make it any vulgar. The song, if carefully noticed has long and pan shots of Deepika in a bikini. Whereas another Siddharth Anand directorial blockbuster film War (2019) definitely had some objectification. Ghung...