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	~~'''Wet sari scenes''' are an on-screen [[cliché]]~~ in [[Hindi ~~Cinema]]~~ films~~, in which fully clothed actresses are depicted in wet [[sari]]s that cling to their bodies. This functions~~ as a proxy for [[nudity]] in mainstream Indian cinema~~, where nudity is [[taboo]].<ref>~~{{~~cite web~~\|~~url~~=~~http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/02hot.htm~~ \|~~title~~=~~Hottest scene: Mandakini's wet sari~~ \|~~publisher=Rediff.com~~ \|date=~~2004-12-31 \|accessdate=2013-03-14~~}}~~</ref>~~		{{Short description\|Cliché in Hindi cinema films as a proxy for nudity in mainstream Indian cinema}}
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	~~According to Pooja Makhijani, in an interview with~~ ''~~rediff.com~~'':		'''Wet sari scenes''' are an on-screen [[cliché]] in [[Hindi cinema]] films, in which fully clothed actresses are depicted in wet [[sari]]s that cling to their bodies. This functions as a proxy for [[nudity]] in mainstream Indian cinema, where nudity is [[taboo]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/02hot.htm \|title=Hottest scene: Mandakini's wet sari \|work=Rediff.com \|date=2004-12-31 \|accessdate=2013-03-14}}</ref>
	~~: "Bollywood is wonderfully escapist. And completely comforting, as nothing really changes. Every blockbuster has at least one of the following: a wet sari scene,~~ an ~~over~~-~~the-top dance number with hundreds of mustachioed extras, an overbearing patriarch, pehla pyar{{Clarify\|date=August 2011}} (first love)~~, ~~and a wonderfully choreographed fight sequence~~ in which ~~the police show up the second the bad guys~~ are ~~down and out~~."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/~~news~~/~~2005~~/~~feb~~/~~09inter1~~.htm \|title='~~Desis forget they can be perpetrators of racism'~~ \|~~publisher~~=Rediff.com \|date=2004-12-31 \|accessdate=2013-03-14}}</ref>

	Films showing wet sari scenes include ''[[~~Ram Teri Ganga Maili~~]]'' (~~1985~~), ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram (film)\|Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'' (1978), ''[[~~Mera Naam Joker~~]]'' (~~1970~~) and ''[[Kishen Kanhaiya]]'' (1990).		Films showing wet sari scenes include ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970), ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram (film)\|Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'' (1978), ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]'' (1985) and ''[[Kishen Kanhaiya]]'' (1990).{{fact\|date=June 2022}}

	==See also==		==See also==
			* [[Wet T-shirt contest]]
	* [[Wetlook]]		* [[Wetlook]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~reflist~~}}		{{Reflist}}

			== Further reading ==
			* {{Cite news \|author=brunch \|date=13 July 2014 \|title=Romance of the Wet Sari: Best Moments \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/romance-of-the-wet-sari-best-moments/story-0rSIiMX2FWgqSUDV39JMSN.html \|location=India \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|access-date=10 August 2022}}
			* {{Cite journal \|last=Dwyer \|first=Rachel \|date=2000 \|title=The Erotics of the Wet Sari in Hindi Films \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00856400008723418 \|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies \|volume=23 \|issue=2 \|pages=143–160 \|doi=10.1080/00856400008723418 \|s2cid=143471737 \|access-date=10 August 2022\|url-access=subscription }}
			* {{Cite web \|last=Roche \|first=Thomas \|date=7 July 2011 \|title=Blowjobs, Bollywood, 'Delhi Belly' and India's Post-Sex Nation: Is Dirty Talk the New Wet Sari? \|url=https://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/07/blowjobs-bollywood-delhi-belly-and-indias-post-sex-nation-is-dirty-talk-the-new-wet-sari.html \|department=Violet Blue \|access-date=10 August 2022}}
			* {{Cite news \|last=Wang \|first=Hansi Lo \|date=3 May 2013 \|title=Bollywood's Early Roots in a Silent Film \|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/05/03/180810745/bollywoods-early-roots-in-a-silent-film \|department=Code Switch \|work=[[All Things Considered]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|access-date=10 August 2022}} Includes information about the first wet sari scene, in the 1913 film ''Raja Harischandra''.

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'''Wet sari scenes''' are an on-screen [[cliché]] in [[Hindi Cinema]] films, in which fully clothed actresses are depicted in wet [[sari]]s that cling to their bodies. This functions as a proxy for [[nudity]] in mainstream Indian cinema, where nudity is [[taboo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/02hot.htm |title=Hottest scene: Mandakini's wet sari |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2004-12-31 |accessdate=2013-03-14}}</ref>

According to Pooja Makhijani, in an interview with ''rediff.com'':
: "Bollywood is wonderfully escapist. And completely comforting, as nothing really changes. Every blockbuster has at least one of the following: a wet sari scene, an over-the-top dance number with hundreds of mustachioed extras, an overbearing patriarch, pehla pyar{{Clarify|date=August 2011}} (first love), and a wonderfully choreographed fight sequence in which the police show up the second the bad guys are down and out."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/09inter1.htm |title='Desis forget they can be perpetrators of racism' |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2004-12-31 |accessdate=2013-03-14}}</ref>

Films showing wet sari scenes include ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]'' (1985), ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram (film)|Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'' (1978), ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970) and ''[[Kishen Kanhaiya]]'' (1990).

==See also==
* [[Wetlook]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Saris]]
[[Category:Bollywood]]
[[Category:Tropes]]

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VincentOFarrell: cleaned up section additionally and corrected details per sources

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