Indian men
are fascinated with plump girls. There should not be any second opinion about
it. The fascination of Indians is reflected in the success of the actresses
they love to see on the cinema screen. Right from the beginning of the show
business and the era of ‘girls playing roles of girls’, Indians have loved to
watch their curvy dreamgirls dance to the tunes of mood elevating music.
Exception was brought in by Zeenat Aman, who probably was the first actor to
showcase the western idea of beautiful body. She was slimmer, duskier with
universal features, yet was completely Indian in attitude and mannerism. Her contemporaries like Parveen Bobby
continued the trend. Changing ideas of health and beauty with the changing
cultural attributes of Indians and cultural sensibilities, it was expected that
there will be more beauties with universal idea of beauty, ruling the Indian
silver screen.
Idea of
liking fuller beauties is essentially Indian as we can some exemplary features
of sensuously curvy bodies in age old sculptures and Ajanta paintings. They
definitely are representative of Indian choice. This age old idea runs
alongside a cult love for ‘odd ones’ like Zeenat and Parveen. But it is safe to
say that they were never the first choice of Indian masses as their times were
ruled by ‘heavy weights’ like Hema Malini and Rekha. Even after the slimmer
beauties came in, there has always a scope for fuller ones as their reserved
space in Indian minds cannot be replaced. Even today we have the likes of
Sonakshi, Parineeti, Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor, Huma Quereshi and busty south Indian actresses
ruling the minds and hearts of their fans.
Even foren beauties like Katrina and Jaqueline are tall and burly though not plump. I even believe that Kareena was loved till she was typically healthy looking Punjaban. She failed to ‘satisfy’ her fans the moment she presented herself in ‘zero figure’.
The ideal choice of Indian men is the one,
who satisfy their wish to see Indian girls dancing in western clothes, don
bikinis, wear amrapali suit and yet appear gorgeous in rich silk saree with gajra
in the hair. That’s the way to demand best of both the world. However, the
broader mind set of Indians in the recent years, is reflected in growing number
of couples with desi girls in bikinis tops on Goan beaches, with mehndi
on the legs. It simply means traditional marriage is followed by honeymooning
on beaches in western attires.
Alternatively,
I think the idea of ‘healthy beauties’ is universal that’s the reason why
Englishmen tell their ‘fuller mates’ that they have ‘more to love’.
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