In fact, their weight is not even discussed- they are just like anyone else who can go de-glam. We now have female leads in Bollywood who focus on their acting capability rather than how much she weighs and whether she fits into the idea of a quintessential Bollywood heroine. Others, like Kabir Singh, simply took us ages back when the toxic male lead told the female lead that she should always have a ‘fat’ female best friend to look pretty and because this fat girl will never envy her (because how can she match her in beauty, you know!).īut, let’s not only focus on this. However, the treatment has been inconsistent. It did try to address the issue of fat-shaming and women standing up for themselves through films like Shandaar and the more recent Double XL. However, could Bollywood live up to this? Sadly, no. DLKH provided a much-needed shift from the perspective. The audience has been accustomed to seeing overweight female characters being comic relief, as had been the case with Tun Tun or Guddi Maruti in films of the 80s and 90s. However, did the film help the Hindi film industry progress? That is doubtful. DID BOLLYWOOD REALLY PROGRESS AFTER DLKH?ĭum Laga Ke Haisha was an excellent film, not just in terms of the subject matter, but also about how the topic was dealt with. And, it is with the competition and carrying his wife and not the burden of what patriarchy has put on a man’s psyche he is able to not just win the trophy, but also the love of his wife.

It is after he tries and fails again in the English exam that he finally is able to see Sandhya as who she really is, beneath all her physical appearance. Dum Laga Ke Haisha (Melayu: Berikan segala tenagamu ), juga dikenali di pasaran antarabangsa sebagai My Big Fat Bride, ialah filem komedi drama romantik India 2015 yang ditulis dan diarahkan oleh Sharat Katariya, dibintangi oleh Ayushmann Khurana dan Bhumi Pednekar, serta Sanjay Mishra dan Seema Pahwa dalam peranan utama.

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