Rebirth of India: Superior

In Shakru's impression, Rajkumar has always been a very cautious Indian director. Especially after becoming famous, he was unwilling to shoot subjects that were a little out of line. The last time he discussed with him was about hundreds of people in a slum. The millionaire is the most obvious example, but this time this cautious guy really shocked Shakru.

Shakru had just returned to New Delhi from his vacation in Switzerland. Rajkumar hurried to his office and applied to him: "Boss, I have a great idea. I want to discuss it with you to see if it can be done." Shoot."

Although he didn’t know what Rajkumar’s idea was, Shakru felt that he still had to encourage his employees’ initiative, so he nodded and said, “Okay, let me see what a great idea it is. Makes you so excited."

Rajkumar took out a comic from the folder and handed it to Shakru and said: "Boss, I don't know if you have seen this b. I want to change it into a movie version."

As soon as he heard the name b, Shakru could not help but be stunned. How could he not have read this comic? It can be said that almost all young men in India who have a little income have read this comic, but most of them read it secretly and are too embarrassed to say it publicly.

The reason why this novel has such a large reading volume is that it is a very rare Indian production. If this was in Japan, then it would be a very normal thing, but this is in India. This is a two-sided country that once produced the Kama Sutra but adheres to tradition, abstinence and indulgence. Here it can be sold publicly. Yes, you can imagine how difficult it is.

Of course, this comic was not publicly available for a long time, and it was classified as an illegal underground publication not long after it was released. However, the more banned this comic became, the more famous it became. In fact, this is similar in all countries. Many books are banned and maybe not many people read them, but as soon as they were banned, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In fact, the plot of this comic is very simple. It is probably the Indian version of Pan Jinlian or Jin Ping Mei. Note: b means sister-in-law in Hindi. She is as beautiful as a flower, but her husband is often away from home. In order to kill time, she often Having sex with various "passers-by", there are also various plots

For India, b is also an experimental combination of traditional values ​​and modern ideas: it is obvious that the protagonist is a married woman: she wears a gold pendant equivalent to a wedding ring, and also wears a traditional sari with n eyebrow dots point, but she also seeks her own life and. This kind of "married wife" plot seems to be particularly popular among Indian readers. At its peak, it was updated every day and translated into 9 languages, all from various parts of India. There is a special description in the previous article about the chaos of the Indian language system. .

The birth of b will definitely cause a relatively big controversy in India. Opponents, such as NN, a sociologist at Jawaharlal Nehru University, believe that although b is a true portrayal of the younger generation being more open, India's population of over 70 is still very traditional.

The plot design with sister-in-law B as the protagonist will have strong psychological implications and is very provocative. Indian society is not ready to deal with it. Although comics are just fantasies created through drawings, in the context of mass communication, they will still destroy the traditional Indian values ​​and morals that place men as the core of the family, such as the minimum responsibilities and obligations of loyalty between a married woman and her husband.

The way of interpretation by Indian scholars is not unrelated to the traditional Indian poetic creation and analysis techniques. The important theoretical schools in the development of Sanskrit poetics, Taste Theory and Rhyme Theory, place great emphasis on the psychological implications and psychological latent impressions of the so-called "without a single word, you can be romantic." Taste and emotion are often conveyed to readers as a suggested meaning, arousing latent feelings in readers' hearts. Xinhu said in the commentary on dance that people's psychological latent impressions have no beginning. The viewpoint of the Yoga Sutras says that just as human beings are eternal, human psychological latent impressions also have no beginning. Even though they are in different lives, places and times, they continue. This "ripple", "deductive" and "extended" aesthetic and interpretation method has become a source of concern for many scholars.

But some people think that such a character and plot setting is smart, because there are many Indian erotic literature involved in it. For example, according to the provisions of dance theory, there are eight kinds of taste: erotic taste, funny taste, compassionate taste, violent taste, heroic taste, horrible taste, disgusting taste and strange taste. The eight common emotions corresponding to the eight tastes are love, laughter, sadness, anger, courage, fear, disgust and surprise. Common sense is the basic human emotion. Too much emphasis on cultural taboos is the erasure of India's traditional open cultural mentality.

At the same time, opponents believe that the government's attempts to block b are in vain. First, in the information age, and with network information readily available, India has increasingly used b for icons. Secondly, morality and emotions are inherently based on self-discipline, which will force people to rethink the relationship between traditional consciousness and self-understanding. Maintaining a traditional image but having a very open life is something that really exists in reality and is becoming increasingly clear, but it is just that people avoid talking about it or do not discuss it openly.

Although he was very familiar with this comic, and Shakru was known in the Indian film industry for his boldness, madness, and the courage to challenge themes that others dared not challenge, he was still a little hesitant when facing this theme, so he said hesitantly to Rajkumar: "I admit that this is a very good idea. Even if it is a shoddy film, as long as it uses the popularity of b, it will definitely be a big hit at the box office, and this film will not be too difficult to shoot, but there are three problems. First, which actress is willing to sacrifice her image to play this role? Second, will it be approved by the censorship department? Third, once this movie is broadcast, it will definitely cause an uproar in public opinion. Are you sure you can handle it well?" To be continued.

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