A daring remark & sad end

"Actresses acting only for money are equivalent to prostitutes"
A comment that made quite a sensation for a few days in Tamil industry.

How many movies are character based? How many actresses are given character roles? How many actresses see cinema as a career in art and acting? An actress doing a role of a prostitute in any movie still commands the dignity for her performance when compared to an actress appearing in vulgar (to be read as glamorous) outfits carefully coupled with feelingless expressions and movements that are supposed to ignite passion in a mad crowd of blind audience. How can anyone dare to call the later as an art- a career?

A story revolving around a simple village girl still needs that actress to be in shorts or swimsuit or at the least get drenched- dance in the rain, for a song so remotely related to the storyline! And the lyrics of songs these days can be a topic by itself! All such are beautifully termed as commercial or masala items and are unanimously accepted as a vital part of a hit movie. How many actresses take up these commercial items just for the sake of money? And what difference would they explain, even to themselves, for such a pricetagging of their self esteem along with their bodies from that of a prostitute? How many dared to say 'no' for such an exposure? And why does it prick when it is commented in black and white?

A daring remark that hit such idiotic commercialisation has for sure hit the entire industry, pricking the conscience of every single person in it. But the person who took the ownership of that comment should have stood by his words instead of succumbing to the huge protest. A very sad ending indeed.

Btw, can someone tell me the gender opposite for prostitutes? Just felt that the comment is incomplete!