April 2012 Contemporary Literary Review India
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Film Review
The Dirty Picture is a Blurb on Porn Fantasy by Khurshid Alam
The dialogue in the movie The Dirty Picture, “When a girl sheds clothes from her dignity, the socalled honourable people enjoy the most.” comes terse but is more correct given the fact that the society is opening up to some facts now. Two decades back we were not ready to open up to the reality, when most of the reputed porn magazines were imported into India were circulated very carefully lest the others would see the readers of porn magazines and mar their social image. The socially esteemed people used to thrush such magazines under their beds, drawers of their table meant for personal use—away from others reach. Then came Debonair our very own adult magazine A still from The Dirty Picture with two female nude models. Slowly many other men’s magazines came which Film is the mirror image of the real society we are proves they are sold well. part of. Porn fantasy has always been doting in our bold curiosity shop. But the blurb has been sung With the participation of Sunny Leone in now, and so the porn fantasy will stay with us with a the Big Boss 5, the society has shown the wider acceptability. The success of The Dirty Picture skin. Soon Sunny gained wide popularity. and Sunny Leone gaining wide popularity pinup the Sunny was familiar to only those who fact. Recently some MLAs were alleged for Porngate used to watch porn movies, particularly scandal for watching porn sites on their electronic online. But soon after she participated in devices when the state assemblies were in session is the Big Boss 5 she became a household yet another example of the fact that enjoying porn name. material has been with us for long. We’re just opening up now.
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