A Gandhian affair

"Sex has always dominated Hindi cinema - but in a curious hide-and-seek sort of way. Sanjay Suri argues that Hindi cinema was the unlikely offspring of the Father of the Nation in this respect - a product of his celibacy and austerity. Gandhi's heoric retreat from wealth and sexuality was written into the cinema and then elaborately filmed shot by shot. Just about every film brings up these two themes for the hero to then rise above." --