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dangermousieOne of the myriad reasons I love Bollywood is because the women in it, while not fat, have healthy-looking bodies, unlike the stick-thin Hollywood actresses with collarbones sticking out.
The interesting thing is, I have recently been looking at pictures of South Indian actresses (the ones in Tamil, Telugu, Malayam, Kannada etc films. These are separate movie industries from Bollywood). I've only seen a few South Indian movies, and they appear a lot less Westernized. Interestingly, the South Indian female stars are also plumper than Bollywood ones (and the men love mustaches). I wonder if it's because there is still the older, healthy=well-fed ideal that is pre-modern-West. And I think that's one of the many reasons it's good to watch a wide variety of cinema: because then you see not only stick-thin (Hollywood) or pillowy (South Indian), but basically every body type. (SI actresses are also generally darker skinned, which I also find interesting, given Bollywood obsession with "fairness" as another Western-inherited ideal). The interesting thing is, some of the South Indian actresses are slender (none are skinny), so I find the mix very interesting.
OK, this is sort of a very verbose introduction to pic spam of curvaceous, healthy-looking and pretty South Indian actresses from slender to plump.
Meera Jasmine:
Sneha:
Soundarya:
Kavya Madhavan:
Pooja:
Namitha:
Rakshita:
Saloni:
Ankitha:
Genelia:
Gayatri Raghuram:
Sandhya:
Gopika:
Simran:
Devayani:
Mallika:
Chaya Singh:
Renuka Menon:
I think this is the most interesting pic. Can you imagine a woman with this body shape in this outfit (as a sexpot, not a comedy figure) in a Hollywood movie? Vive le difference!
The interesting thing is, I have recently been looking at pictures of South Indian actresses (the ones in Tamil, Telugu, Malayam, Kannada etc films. These are separate movie industries from Bollywood). I've only seen a few South Indian movies, and they appear a lot less Westernized. Interestingly, the South Indian female stars are also plumper than Bollywood ones (and the men love mustaches). I wonder if it's because there is still the older, healthy=well-fed ideal that is pre-modern-West. And I think that's one of the many reasons it's good to watch a wide variety of cinema: because then you see not only stick-thin (Hollywood) or pillowy (South Indian), but basically every body type. (SI actresses are also generally darker skinned, which I also find interesting, given Bollywood obsession with "fairness" as another Western-inherited ideal). The interesting thing is, some of the South Indian actresses are slender (none are skinny), so I find the mix very interesting.
OK, this is sort of a very verbose introduction to pic spam of curvaceous, healthy-looking and pretty South Indian actresses from slender to plump.
Meera Jasmine:
Sneha:
Soundarya:
Kavya Madhavan:
Pooja:
Namitha:
Rakshita:
Saloni:
Ankitha:
Genelia:
Gayatri Raghuram:
Sandhya:
Gopika:
Simran:
Devayani:
Mallika:
Chaya Singh:
Renuka Menon:
I think this is the most interesting pic. Can you imagine a woman with this body shape in this outfit (as a sexpot, not a comedy figure) in a Hollywood movie? Vive le difference!
