Didyou cringe with discomfort when a seemingly innocent child woman Isha Sharwaniseduced Farhan Akhtar into bed in Luck By Chance?
Or, morerecently, when a salwar kameez-clad Priyanka Chopra managed to convince areluctant Shahid Kapoor to have sex with her in Kaminey, by telling him that sheknows ���home-science��� and that it���s ���safe to doit���? More likely than not, you smiled at their boldness and prepared formore to come.
Seduction was a game played by vamps in Bollywood in the 70s and80s. Much later, lead actresses like Bipasha Basu and Priyanka Chopra weresexually charged in Jism and Andaaz respectively. But even then, they were the���bad girls���. Well, times have changed ��� even the���good��� girls are taking a turn for the ���bad��� and theaudiences are lapping it up!
Watch newcomer Mahie Gill throwingherself in full abandon at Abhay Deol in a mustard field in Dev. D andyou���ll know what we���re talking about. Trade analyst Komal Nahta sayshe isn���t surprised at this change. ���Films, after all, are areflection of today. Girls are proposing to guys, they are using seduction as atool even in real life. The major composition of the audience comprises youth,so they have to show what the young generation identifies with,��� he says.So Kareena Kapoor playfully hands Akshay Kumar her bra in Tashan and Konkona SenSharma suggests a quick bout of love-making to Rahul Bose in Dil Kabaddi beforethey turn in for the night and Deepika Padukone has no qualms with Saif Ali Khankissing her full on the mouth in the car in Love Aaj Kal.
AgreesMahie, ���Reel life follows real life. Women today are more vocal abouttheir sexual desires than what they were about a decade back. The audience todaywants to see characters they can identify with. That���s why the boldnessdepicted by the newer lot of actresses has been accepted.��� According tofilm director Onir, a growing section of audiences in urban centres areaccepting this change. ���Independent working women watch these films withtheir male friends and colleagues who treat them as equals and therefore, accepttheir portrayal on screen as well,��� he says. Also, the younger generationof filmmakers who have grown up seeing women as friends and colleagues, areshowing female characters as they are, says Onir.