Cinema: A rape nurturer or a hoax

People saw their first item number in the 1950s by Helen, gradually it became a thing. Songs like "Husn ke laakhon rang, Kaun saa rang dekhoge, Aag hai ye badan, Kaun saa ang dekhoge" are adequate examples of how women were sexualized back then. We think the cinema today is bad, honestly, the only difference is that they were more subtle back then. Item songs and such movies narrated that any woman wearing revealing clothes was 'asking for it'. The advertisement world uses females to sell everything from water coolers to deodorants. They should be questioned. Women have always been used as objects of desire. Why? Even if films objectify women on some level, monstrous acts by men cannot be the result of just that. Only a sick mind can breach all levels of humanity and while films may encourage them, the mindset is pre-existent. Think about it, if someone goes through a rejection and sees a movie depicting a man following the woman even after being rejected, messing with her and not leaving her. It will give all sorts of wrong ideas from patriarchy to dominance and would normalize following women against their will. Nonetheless, the impact of movies has been positive and negative, some pick the good points and some get influenced by the negative points of the movie. No director, no writer can determine a third person's take on the movie since we all perceive things differently and it cannot be judged beforehand.

By the time we reached the 2000s, women were objectified, alcohol was glorified and male domination was no less. The course of cinema had changed drastically. The impact of cinema was more direct in the rural areas. Due to a lack of resources and proper knowledge, rural people often took a story as a real one and implemented things accordingly. They blindly follow what they see. Today India has the distinction of being the country that produces the highest number of feature films every year. Over the decades, Indian Cinema has been the source of information, entertainment and education. Cinema is a powerful means of communication, a mirror of society, a cultural agent of change and a source of history. But if the youth is not aware enough, not educated enough, or not brought up with the right mindset, they can perceive a movie in a very negative way and might urge them to harm themselves or others around them.