Haseena maan jayegi – a very popular movie and song with disturbing lyrics like “kab tak ruthegi chikhegi chilayegi , dil kehta hain ek din haseena man jayegi” (until when will the girl get annoyed , angry , and shout at me, my heart says that one day she will accept me) has been undoubtedly one of our favourite songs from 90s . Amazing and exciting isn’t it to see a boy persistently pursue a girl and her ultimately giving in to his so called ‘charms'(note my sarcasm).
Well to be very honest, while watching a romantic movie, we all get angsty and frustrated as to why the female lead ain’t accepting the male lead , when he is so charming , decent , dashing , perfect …loading more adjectives… man? Yeah , the personality and the decency of the hero in any movie is justified in the very beginning or at the end (well anyhow it is justified) and so his relentless pursual is somehow defended by the writer and as a third person we might like it , but the moment we compare the situation in reality it becomes a horror genre.
If the same situation was to unfold in reality , what the girl has to face is just relentless pursuals for what reasons ? Oh yeah – ” I fell for you at first glance “, “Don’t smile , or else I’ll fall for you”, and such creepy lines ; sometimes stalking and threatening as well . Also the situation with many male leads ain’t very good either , many movies like Housefull 4 showcased how a woman makes her crush drunk and the next morning puts false rape charges on him so that he accepts her as his girlfriend to save her sanctity (cue eye roll!); which is very disturbing and should be highly condemned for romanticising garbage.
Its high time for Bollywood to stop glorifying catcalling and stalking; and come in terms with reality so they can stop polluting the brains of teenagers with their trash!
DuckDesk 