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A gang of friends listening to psychedelic music and smoking pot is how hippie culture was depicted in Bollywood in the 1970s. Cut to the 21st century, and drug consumption is being shown as a way of life in films like " Dev D", " 7 Khoon Maaf" and the upcoming " Dum Maaro Dum".
"Drug consumption is shown in films only when it is crucial for a script," director Rohan Sippy told IANS.
Sippy's upcoming suspense thriller "Dum Maaro Dum", a title inspired by the song of "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" that had hippie culture as its main plot, boldly delves into the narcotics trade.
But he clarifies "drugs aren't the crux of the film" and hence the treatment to scenes of drugs consumption is quite subdued.
"We are not dwelling on the drugs consumption and trade in our film. We have not shown a huge amount of drugs consumption. The drugs trade is mostly the backdrop of 'Dum Maaro Dum'," he said.
In last few years, characters have been shown snorting or injecting drugs in a string of films like "Fashion", "No Smoking", "Kaminey", "Traffic Signal", "Pankh", "Dev D" and "7 Khoon Maaf" on the celluloid.
"Drug consumption is shown in films only when it is crucial for a script," director Rohan Sippy told IANS.
Sippy's upcoming suspense thriller "Dum Maaro Dum", a title inspired by the song of "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" that had hippie culture as its main plot, boldly delves into the narcotics trade.
But he clarifies "drugs aren't the crux of the film" and hence the treatment to scenes of drugs consumption is quite subdued.
"We are not dwelling on the drugs consumption and trade in our film. We have not shown a huge amount of drugs consumption. The drugs trade is mostly the backdrop of 'Dum Maaro Dum'," he said.
In last few years, characters have been shown snorting or injecting drugs in a string of films like "Fashion", "No Smoking", "Kaminey", "Traffic Signal", "Pankh", "Dev D" and "7 Khoon Maaf" on the celluloid.
source:timesofindia
