Aamir Khan once felt humiliated for singing sensual songs and vowed to talk to his friends about it. Here’s why we believe he didn’t.
Aamir Khan is regarded as Bollywood’s greatest orator. Most of the time, he speaks and makes sense. However, the timing of his interviews is rather troubling because the actor only speaks when one or more projects are about to be released, which seems like a pretty opportunistic view of the world. Therefore, all the positive speech comes before the movies and then vanishes. We can’t blame the actor, though, as he withdraws into reclusiveness after each movie, only to reappear before his upcoming release or announcement.
Regarding the objectification of women and underlying lyrics in Hindi films, Mr. Perfectionist made one such claim. Aamir Khan concurred that the Hindi film business has been extremely reckless in its representation of women and objectification of them, which has caused some viewers great discomfort.
In an Interview Aamir Khan said, “I admit that Hindi films have been irresponsible in terms of the portrayal of women.” He continued, quoting his song from the film Dil, “I accept my own hand in it, but I will try not to do this now. I will take this up with my friends and be sensitive henceforth.”
He had promised to talk to his friends about the same and said, “It sends out a very wrong message. Songs like ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ (from Mohra) and ‘Khambe Jaisi Khadi Hai’ (from Dil) are not good. We should respect the sentiments of women.”
We believe this because actors who are close friends with Aamir continue to perform songs that are mysoginist and s*xist in nature. We won’t go into all the specifics, but we will just discuss one song from the Akshay Kumar movie because the Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast by Mohra that the Laal Singh Chadha actor referenced in his statement.
Akshay Kumar dances to some crude lyrics in the 2019 song Ek Chumma from Housefull 4, which includes the words Gundo Se Chhudaya Hai, Maine Tujhe Bachaya Hai, Haan Puchh Le Saamne Janta Hai, Ek Chumma, Ek Chummaa, and Ek Chumma Toh Banta Hai.
The “hero” tells a female, “I have been your knight in shining armour who has saved you from goons,” in order to make his point more clearly. I therefore merit a kiss. asking too much?
It’s interesting to note how often the topics of sexist lyrics and objectification have come up for discussion. On his show Koffee With Karan, Karan Johar also discussed it with Katrina Kaif and expressed regret for writing songs like Chikni Chameli. Aamir apologised for his song Khambe Jaisi Khadi Hai on Karan Johar’s show and did the same.
