Liger, starring Ananya Panday and Vijay Deverakonda, has already premiered in theatres and has become the talk of the town. The creators of the movie Liger, which received mixed reviews on its opening day, said on Friday that the film had made Rs 33.12 crores on day one globally across all languages.
Despite the directors’ candor regarding #BoycottBollywood and #BoycottLiger and their lack of concern for it, there is another reason why internet users are criticizing the movie.
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Earlier this month, when the filmmakers released the film’s high-voltage song titled Aafat, movie bluffs quickly became aware that the lyrics of the song has a casual take on rape culture.
Since Bollywood is infamous for sexualizing the female body and objectification of women in songs, utilizing it as a theme in the lyrics, and Vijay Deverakonda’s depiction of Arjun Reddy, some claim that this new song goes on another level due to its problematic lyrics.
Where does the problem lie in the “Aafat” song lyrics?
Many of the songs in Bollywood contain questionable lyrics and have drawn outrage from listeners ever since they were released. Many aspects of them were inappropriate, including the use of sexist and misogynistic language and the song’s unpleasant portrayal, which the creators failed to consider seriously.
Misogyny and patriarchy in India are frequently disguised in the form of “jokes,” and these cheesy puns end up in songs due to the mindset of the musicians and filmmakers. Liger’s “Aafat” is one such song that upsets the listeners.
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The song starts in a typical seductive setting, showcasing the excellent rapport between Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday.
Everything is going smoothly until a woman’s voice can be heard saying,
“Bhagwan ke liye mujhe chor do,”
in the background.
Those familiar with Bollywood movies may recall this phrase from the old movies when the female lead frequently used it when she was being harassed by thugs. In those films, the vocabulary that was used to convey fear was carelessly mocked.
The lyrics of song Aafat are in itself a big problem. Like it’s complete objectification of women. This song shouldn’t have released
— Journey with Soul (@Akriti52379114) August 25, 2022
In addition to this, the song parodies the concepts of abuse, power dynamics, and violence against women. Another line in the song,
“Jawani teri aafat,”
is frequently used by villains in old films to blame women for enticing males simply by their mere existence.
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Another group of people specifically accused filmmaker Puri Jagannath of being exceedingly misogynistic. Actually, Jagannath’s track record in this area is not excellent overall.
People on various social media platforms shared a clip from one of his older movies, “iSmart Shankar,” when this issue first came up
In this scene, the hero first forcibly grabs the heroine, makes lewd comments about her, and then forces her to enter her house. The heroine is clearly uncomfortable 90% of the time in the scene. Still, he became a hero in the movie.
The worst part is that young people were observed recording films with this song, and it became quite popular among them. The fans’ worries about “Aafat” are entirely justified, Bollywood has to reflect deeply on what it is that it is portraying and communicating through its content.
Other aspects of the Liger film
The film “Liger,” starring Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday, was finally released. Although there were high hopes for the film and the film has already been doing good business at the box office, both the general public and reviewers were unimpressed.
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Numerous reviewers claimed that the movie’s mediocrity included an unnecessary romantic backstory, pointless songs, cringeworthy humour that made fun of the lead character’s stammering, unintentional funny performances, numerous instances of illogicality, and the most absurd cameo by one of the greatest boxers in history, Mike Tyson.
It’s time for the real showdown!!! This will be mass entertainment at its best, watch out…#Liger in cinemas now, go and experience it on the big screen! pic.twitter.com/D2ri6mamVd
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 25, 2022
Take a look at the netizens’ reaction to the lyrics of the Aafat song, Liger:
Did u see Liger movie song Aafat?
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮— 🐤🌷 Maddy 🇮🇳 (@MadhuparnaMukh2) August 26, 2022
Disgusting, sick, pervert. I wonder if you were born from a woman. #Aafat song shows ur filthy mindset. Normalizing r@pe. You’ll be destroyed. @TheDeverakonda shame on u for being part of this filth, may be u r one among them. #BoycottLiger #BoycottbollywoodForever https://t.co/P0EKB42uwj
— Adesh Goyal 🇮🇳 (@adeshgoyal26) August 25, 2022
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The real aafat is the fucking song itself
— smallsize sedan (@rowdykabab) August 25, 2022
how to block a song from everywhere? like for the love of god i do not want to hear this AAFAT gaana from liger it’s the worst song I’ve heard in ages what the fuck jawaani teri aafat bhai mujhe baksh do mujhse door raho mujhe nahi sunna yeh gaana poora mood barbaad kardeta hai
— Laila (@babubisleriiiii) August 24, 2022
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