Mumbai police use quotes from Kabir Singh, Dabangg to condemn misogyny

The Hindi film industry, on several occasions, has been criticised for being sexist and promoting misogyny by constantly churning out stereotypical movies that objectify women.

These movies, produced for masses, often impact the youth and tend to normalise some of the objectionable content shown on screen.

In an attempt to discourage this, the Mumbai Police social media team posted a tweet with several dialogues from famous Bollywood films urging the people to ‘use every word thoughtfully’.

The tweet was shared along with hashtags #LetsNotNormaliseMisogyny, #MindYourLanguage and #WomenSafety. The post also features dialogues from Salman Khan’s film Dabangg, Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani’s Kabir Singh, Chashme Baddoor (2013) and Ujda Chaman. Each of these dialogues show misogyny in different forms.

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“Cinema is a reflection of our society -Here are (just) a few (of many) dialogues both our society and cinema need to reflect upon. Choose your words and actions with care – unless you want the law to intervene!” read the caption of the post shared on the Instagram handle of the Mumbai Police.

In just an hour after being shared online, the post has garnered over 30,000 likes with netizens praising the Mumbai Police social media team for highlighting an important issue.