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The Dirty Picture

Six months ago during the Delhi rape case, an article was published in Hindu about the role of Hindi movies in men's attitude. It was a pretty good article that talked about how Hindi movies and songs emphasize "Inkaar mein hi ikraar hota hai" attitude and other things like that. I remember watching this movie called "Aa gale lag ja" that had Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore in it. From the beginning of the movie Shashi Kapoor keeps trying to woo Sharmila Tagore and keeps running into her wherever she goes. While she vehemently denies any interest in him and even insults him, he relentlessly follows her and tries to woo her. One fine day he is lucky and she gets lost somewhere in a forest with no way to get out. And guess what?? He is there by her side. She falls in the snow, gets really cold and falls sick. She has high fever and becomes unconscious so he takes her into a small cottage that he finds. This is where this movie gets really (more) crappy. So to s