Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Blame Stereotypes before blaming her!!

Well, i did finally manage to go & watch the extremely badly made Dilwale, just because of Kajol. She is radiant, pretty & have lost tons of kilos,though she should seriously consider junking those awkward black strappy high stilettos in future. Her gait turns so bad!She looks lovely in those ethnic Manish Malhotra full length asymmetric skirts, slimmer frame and very glam look. Just wish the DOP had cut down on photoshop alterations, as it ended up reminding one of the Cherry Blossom shoe polish that brings so much glow and shine to the frame! Tch Tch. But her contagious smile and huge eyes are enough to light up the silver screen.There was a section of the media going bitter about her sudden glam doll look, but isn't that stereotypical & conventional for a girl who was always labelled as dusky bollywood heroine? How about the various skin whitening fairness creams??? Like Pammi ji says 'Beta, bahu la de, koi bhi chalegi, bas gori chitti honi chahiye!!' Why, even in one of Kajol's much celebrated flick Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota hai, she ultimately gains Shahrukh Khan's attention post interval when she had transformed herself completely from her tomboy DKNY basketball player look to the gorgeous sari/bindi/liner/mascara/lipgloss clad 'gori chitti heroine waala' look! One film maker had even once mentioned that during her 90's films most of the DOP's time went into implanting mini-tube lights under her skin!!

But i loved her loud, devil-may-care attitude, and casual goofiness, loved her when she appeared at a Filmfare awards night in Feb 1998 (receiving her trophy fro Gupt) dressed in simple salwar, her unibrow, oil plaited hair & reading glasses. It also feels sad to see how much she has whitened her skin from what it was when she began her career (think of that 'Kaali kaali Aankhein' song from Baazigar) !!

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