As far as Salman Khan is concerned, Sultan proves that his recent public idiocy, which provided sufficient fodder for India's national pastime - outrage - wasn't a one-off. By the time he had gotten his foot out of his mouth, we'd already pounced upon him for inadvertently revealing how deep-rooted misogyny and 'rape culture' are in the Indian masculine psyche. Unfortunately, Ali Abbas Zafar's Sultan is a silver screen expression of the exact same thing.

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      31/07/2016.
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1. Sultan is a disappointment because of what stupid message Salman Khan gives out through it. (That's his game, bro.)
2. This arrogant man has already few pending cases, very serious, punishable,
3. Wonder what capacity he has as actor, where is acting, except flexing his muscles,
4. Such people grow because of stupid audience,
5. Hindi movies are stupid, spoiling the public character.

Sub : Anushka Sharma's participation in the shameless sexism of 'Sultan' is hugely disappointing : The film's greatest disappointment, surprisingly enough, comes in the form of Anushka Sharma.

Ref : Media reports- First Post. Sultan isn't merely a lazily-written film, but it's also shamefully patriarchal, unabashedly propagating the same kind of 'no means yes' behaviour that, say, a Tere Naam would have done; the kind of film in which, at one point, the wrestler Sultan gains the nickname 'Romeo' because of a romantic song he sings, which goes viral. (Romeo, of course, ceased to be Shakespearean in India eons ago, devolving into a badge of honour for the quintessential romantic 'lafanga'. It's what fans of Bhai would tattoo across their chest, one would imagine.)

At the start of 2016, this writer had written a piece on Firstpost, saluting Anushka Sharma as the real star of 2015, despite her contemporaries Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone notching up international fame and acclaim.

The reason for that was because of what the feisty young actress stands for in public. She has been vocal about gender inequality and the wage gap in the film industry; she was gutsy enough to produce and headline a feminist slasher film like NH10; and in general, her film choices in the last few years have shown her to be a person who attempts to walk her talk.

This writer still stands by the opinion expressed in that piece; yet, her choosing to do Sultan is a step backwards for the very thing Anushka Sharma is ostensibly a symbol of - gender equality.

Sample this: Anushka plays Aarfa, a young girl who has been training for years as a wrestler, because she dreams of bringing home an Olympic gold for India. So much so that, when she notices the neighbourhood manchild wastrel showering attention on her with nuptial intent, she categorically tells him that she has one focus only - wrestling. Not surprisingly, Salman's Sultan, his roadside male ego in tow, seems to spot consent in her rebuke.

Soon enough, Sultan (who is in his 30s) takes up wrestling only because his masculinity was hurt. He excels at it (obviously), which instantly turns Anushka's heart. Before long, they're married.

Meanwhile, Sultan is convinced that his 'mardaangi' can only produce a male child, which it does (obviously). Horror of horrors, Aarfa discovers she's pregnant around the same time she receives a letter confirming her selection for the 2012 Olympics in London.

What happens next is basically the Indian patriarchal establishment's wet dream.

First, her father (who also happens to be her coach) blames *her* for the pregnancy. Then Aarfa, a girl who has spent blood, sweat, tears and years chasing her Olympic medal dream, takes one look at an overjoyed Sultan exulting after the news of her pregnancy, before she says to her distraught father, 'What greater medal could I get than this.'

That's it. Years of ambition, thrown away in the most depressingly regressive way possible. (Firstpost's live tweet review feed about Sultan spoke about this very scene as being 'portrayed in the sweetest possible manner'. Ahem, no. There's nothing remotely sweet about that.)

Notes -

1. Young children and youth of Bharatham, waste their valuable time, seeing films which has no substance, except stupidity;
2. Entertainment is of asuric / demonic value, sliding the charecter of the people,
3. Heros in almost in all Indian films, sterio-type, stupid, arrogant, no respect laws of the land, no respect towards parents, public nuisance, vulgar  ..........  add more and more;
4. Heriones are semi-nude, sometimes almost nude, with all sorts of idiocracy, no job in the story, vagabond looking,  .......
5. Lastly no story at all, all movies are similar, fooling the public ..

My views -

1. If you need entetainment, adopt sports / games;
2. Listen good Indian music,
3. Watch select movies, of difference, numbers are not important, importance is on quality only.
4. Present day superstars, in any Indian movies ( any language ) are good for nothing, in every- respect.
5. Time is valuable and do not waste on stupid movies ...

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