The first thing the American streaming media company Netflix did when it entered the Indian entertainment industry was to use "intercourse."
The film "Love Per Square Foot" (Love Per Square Foot) is not at all shy about this. Not only is it domestic, but sex is also a headache for Indian nationals.
In the past 30 years, Mumbai, as India's largest seaport city, has seen its room increase 600 times. In 2010, it once surpassed Beijing and Shanghai to enter the world's top ten housing prices.
In 2015, the population of Mumbai exceeded 21 million.
In 2017, house prices in Mumbai reached US$7717 per square meter, which is approximately RMB 48,000 per square meter.
It is as difficult for ordinary citizens to buy a house in India as it is for us to take root in the first-tier and first-tier cities. The recent mainland drama "Beijing Women's Illustrated Book" shows off the lacklustre years of Chinese women's struggles in the north. They have been complained by a large group of movie fans. They believe that their core values are still unconvincing. Blame.
So let’s take a look at how the Bollywood movie "Fang Inch Love" talks about intercourse and the identity of Indian women?
Intercourse will definitely involve the relationship between the sexes and social values . Marriage, love, bread, family and culture will all become obstacles or motivations for the characters' goals.
For India, the self-identity of women, the relatively weak position of women in society, and the traditional dominance of men in marriage, including marriage and religious relations, are all represented in the film.
Netflix's film and television works are indeed analyzed by big data. The focus of local fans' attention will be reflected in their products. This is the relationship between data and empathy.
In "Fang Cun's Love", the two heroes and heroines are both members of the Mumbai house army.
The male protagonist Sanjie is an urban white-collar worker and a programmer, but he has been living with his parents in the dormitory assigned by his father. He does not have his own personal space. He has to line up to go to the toilet in the morning. Every time he sees the family in the apartment opposite the house, he will be envious. .
In his heart, there is no life without a house, not to mention love, and cannot be recognized by the city.
The hostess Karina is responsible for the company’s employee loan approval work. A serious urban white-collar worker also dreams of owning a small house of her own. She and her divorced mother live in a small building abandoned by relatives, with neighbors upstairs. Once you start exercising, downstairs will suffer.
Kalina's mother made her wedding dress early and hoped that she would marry, preferably a local with a house.
In order to cause conflicts in the plot, the screenwriter set up corresponding second-level characters for the two protagonists .
Sanjay’s female boss is a rare strong woman in Indian society. She likes to use her subordinates as slaves, and firmly controls Sanjay with her own power and beauty. She is actually a married woman, and her Husband and Sanjay are still friends.
Karina's fiance is a typical rich second-generation, living in the big house of the previous generation, with a large number of servants, and worry-free food and clothing, but they only want to do public welfare and escape reality. He didn't agree with Karina's wish to own a small house, because he felt that his wife was a male vassal and independence was the thing they most needed.
The two unexpected company gatherings fell in love at first sight, goodbye, and the government's preferential house purchase policies have added fuel to their feelings.
According to government regulations, statutory couples can purchase apartments with well-equipped facilities at preferential prices. This small house of more than 50 square meters has not only become an opportunity for the two to love, but also a hindrance to their emotions.
In order to buy a house, the two decided to fake marriage. According to Sanjay, after getting the house, the marriage registration is next to the divorce office. They thought that love and the house could be separated, but in the end they found that the enthusiasm made them more entangled. .
First of all, their love begins with lies. Both parties are testing each other's true feelings. Once the relationship is connected with the real estate, it always appears utilitarian and hypocritical.
Secondly, they all have the fetters of others. Sanjay had to have a physical relationship with the female boss in order to obtain the company loan application, which undoubtedly made it difficult for Karina to accept;
And Karina's mother thinks, how can Dio Si Sanjie compare to the rich second generation before, can love at first sight really defeat reality?
What made Karina's mother maddened was that the Catholicism of their two mothers and daughters was very different from that of Sanjay's family, and their habits were naturally different.
The hidden emotions, impure motives, family disputes, and social siege along the way allow the two protagonists to constantly make choices between career and family, reason and emotion, material and love.
The expansion of misunderstandings, self-doubt, and pressure from others made their wedding attempt to get the room "hidden from the sky" become precarious, and it was broken with a single jab.
"Fang Cun's Love" is destined to be a fairy tale, a bowl of chicken soup for kindness. At the end of the film, the two proactively expose the deception and at the same time open up their hearts to let both parties see their sincerity.
Although go to bed first, then make up for the ticket; get a room first, then talk about love,
At the moment when the misunderstanding is resolved and sincerely exposed, the film has a cliché ending that everyone loves, which is a comfort to the fans.
Compared with the traditional Bollywood movies, "Square-inch Love" is not excellent, and even has opportunistic calculations. The difficulties have been presented in a humorous way in the film, which is gentle and does not touch the real social bottom line.
But in the specific context of India , it still made a breakthrough.
"Fangcun Love" shows a new image of Indian women . They boldly pursue love and have independent thoughts. Karina, who has received higher education, cannot agree with the captive marriage of a rich second-generation boyfriend. The equality between men and women she pursues is very simple, that is, husband and wife have rights and obligations for the square meter of the home at the same time.
On the tuk-tuk, Sanjay jokingly asked Karina to flatten the fare, and Karina readily agreed that this is a new identification of men for women, and women not only pursue rights, but also fulfill their obligations.
When she encountered difficulties in buying a house, Karina took the initiative to propose that her husband and wife share the mortgage and pay for their own house, so that they can enjoy the convenience and warmth it brings.
In the film, the seductive female boss is also a rare representation of women in Indian film and television works. They control a group of male subordinates and treat them as slaves in work and even life. Although extreme, they cannot be combined with the special Indian context. Not to mention quite bold.
"Fang Cun's Love" unabashedly presents the difference in the status of the two sexes, the huge gap between the rich and the poor in society, and it touches religion without any qualms.
These conflicts and stubborn illnesses in Indian society are shown in the film in a comedy way, and they will undoubtedly gain the empathy of Indian audiences.
The theme is not complicated, the hero and the heroine see each other's true heart, and in the end they would rather give up the house to love.
The two teams of second-level characters also showed the theme in contrast:
The home is not determined by a few walls, not by the size of the house, but the people living inside determine the quality of the home.
Sanjay’s father gave up his dream of singing in order to have a home for his family and became a broadcaster in the railway bureau. Although three generations of the family have not been able to buy a house in a big city, it does not affect his love for him. Wife.
On the other side, is Sanjay’s female boss. Although she is in a high position and owns a luxury house, she can easily purchase real estate, but she still does not trust her husband. She needs to induce her subordinates to stimulate her husband and gain the warmth of the family and the husband’s love. pay attention to.
She has a line that is worth thinking about. When she refused the sexual request made by Sanjay, who was obsessed with her at first, she said such a sentence,
"This is not my home, even this bed belongs to my husband, so we can't do things on it."
Home is not only material, but also spiritual. It is the relationship between people that determines the attributes and state of home.
Whether a house can become a home is not defined by its size, good or bad, but by the people who live in it.
But the fat brother didn't want to overcorrect. Love can't live without bread, and the spirit will be disillusioned and changed without the support of the body and material.
Look at the end of the film. Sanjay, who has an apartment and a lover, sees the young man upstairs from the opposing poor from his home. That is where he stood before. He smiled slightly and didn't completely close the door, but because he was watching. The young man left a gap in the house where he could see.
Those who have dreams and those who are willing to work hard will eventually have food. Obtaining a house, love, or other things through your own efforts is the most wonderful experience in life.
"Square inch Love" is a customized product. Its advantage is that it maintains the film and television elements of Bollywood movies. In addition, it tells where people really pay attention.
On the other hand, nine out of ten people are discussing the house. When buying a house and marriage involve a serious improper relationship, we don’t have a lot of film and television works expressing this social phenomenon, even weird and regretful.
Recently, it has been controversial, but the hit movie "Later Us" in the film’s literary and artistic presentation of BeiDiao and the group house immediately aroused fanatical discussions and desperate remembrance among fans. It can be seen that the film and television works have attracted Chinese fans. Said to have a high degree of empathy.
And our film and television producers, are they ashamed to express, or do they look down on this motif?
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