Comments on Known Turf: Love me tender?

What I didn't like in Rock Star is how he wooe...

2012-01-25T21:54:22.585+05:30

What I didn't like in Rock Star is how he wooed the girl in the beginning, with harassment which included hiding in her car.

the only one that crops up in my mind is Jodha Akb...

2012-01-07T18:13:51.852+05:30

the only one that crops up in my mind is Jodha Akbar. there was an old school tenderness in their lovemaking scene and with Sonu Nigam crooning in the background, it was almost like Rafi sa'b with 'chaudhwin ka chand'

but yes, i agree, tenderness is not much 'paisa-vasool' for our cine makers it seems. maybe it is because of the stereotype that a hero has to be

Pareshaan: true, esp for those who grew up somewhe...

2011-12-16T13:33:15.519+05:30

Pareshaan: true, esp for those who grew up somewhere in the 70s-90s.
Mem: Yuva did have some nice intimate scenes. Mani Ratnam does those well when he's paying attention. Had a couple of tender love scenes in Roja and Bombay too, which stuck in my memory.
Amodini: I disagree on some of those. Chandni, maybe. But Dilli 6 and Rules? These are examples of nicely done, perhaps

Band Baaja Baraat comes to mind instantly. Both of...

2011-12-14T03:50:17.528+05:30

Band Baaja Baraat comes to mind instantly. Both of them in their inebriated state, just let themselves go, and it seemed so much more natural than the groping and devouring that emraan hashmi's co-stars go through.

A lot of black & white films were filled with ...

2011-12-10T03:07:57.066+05:30

A lot of black & white films were filled with tender (mostly unrequited) love... Although I do see your concern about young children not learning about love and tenderness and equality of women etc from their movies, what's new with that? Aren't our Indian men just in as much danger of being insensitive as their previous generations?

I have noticed that most of the Salman Khan's ...

2011-12-09T23:22:43.227+05:30

I have noticed that most of the Salman Khan's movies have lovey-dovey scenes but there is not much physical contact, (he hardly ever touches his co-stars)just eyes expressions of Salman Khan makes the scene so romantic....

And before I forget - there was "Hum dil de c...

2011-12-09T22:22:27.090+05:30

And before I forget - there was "Hum dil de chuke sanam", "Pyar ke side-effects" (not tenderness maybe but shows both partners as equals - which is also kind of rare in B'wood) and a humorous film about love threatened - "Main, meri patni aur woh". Saathiya was nice too.

What's nice about these 10 films is that both partners have equality, and some

Nicely said. I quite like Rockstar, but there were...

2011-12-09T22:01:31.644+05:30

Nicely said. I quite like Rockstar, but there were other films which did this well - Rules, Cheeni Kum, Aisha, Socha na tha, Delhi 6, and if you really go back in time - Prem Rog.

2011-12-09T21:38:04.023+05:30

This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

More Mani Ratnam movies have some

2011-12-09T21:01:15.216+05:30

More Mani Ratnam movies have some

Band Bajaa Baraat? I loved how it was shot from th...

2011-12-09T19:15:35.099+05:30

Band Bajaa Baraat? I loved how it was shot from the build up to the very end. I watched the film with my mother and there was no cringing for either of us.

And yes parineeta as a film about love is a little...

2011-12-09T15:38:50.253+05:30

And yes parineeta as a film about love is a little unstomachable, but Im talking only about the parineeta song that I linked which seems to be a nice tender love making scene.

what about Abhiskek bachhan and Rani mukerji in Yu...

2011-12-09T15:26:25.497+05:30

what about Abhiskek bachhan and Rani mukerji in Yuva? I dont recall if there was a sex sex scene but some tender bedroom play was there no?
Also parineeta - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neirB_StmKI maybe not tender per se, but all willing and not super overcome by passion style

The concept of love is not accessible to the masse...

2011-12-09T14:26:49.882+05:30

The concept of love is not accessible to the masses in India. Thus tenderness continues to evade the silver screen. We are a nation where a rape makes more sense than a french kiss.
Given this it's really quite surprising that so many of us manage to build healthy realtionships with the oppsoite sex.