Friday, March 27, 2009

The “Yo-generation”! Is this what I am left with?


Gelled-up spikes, a colorful t-shirt whose sleeves have rolled-up to present a better picture of the hard work spent on the beefed-up muscles, the ever-visible boxers which have vowed never to go in modesty and some branded sneakers and I present to you the result of MTV westernization.

This is the modern Prince Charming. This is what we have reduced our tastes to. We modern women are marring our name in history. But we are not entirely blameworthy. We are not left with many choices. In fact, many of us dames have never even encountered a knight in shiny armor.

There was a time when our mothers had crushes on truly classy men. Yes, they were classy. Although their choice in dressing differs from us but when it comes to men they have seen the remarkable kinds. Both Imran Khan and Junaid Jamshed made dashing hairstyle statements, the sophisticated Rahat Kazmi, the classy Dr. Mani from Shahzori and others of the like.

Unexpectedly, I had a crush on one person, who I had often seen during my childhood when Pakistani dramas had a standard, was Shakeel. His calm and demure manner and his smiling gaze at his wife whenever she was venting her anger at him is something which is actually called “cool”. Not your boyfriend’s dressing. This reminds me, he wore a simple white shalwar kurta but it added more to his style.

Now we have crushes on the likes of pretty boys aka Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Ali Zafar and we can never forget our hulky neighboring Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham etc. These are the idols of the todays young generation and their carbon copies can be found now.

In an article, “Missing Bollywood’s Good Old Days” Aamna Isani reminisces about the time “When heroes were men not metrosexuals”. She writes that “Whether they were brooding romantics like Dilip Kumar, sensitive souls like Sanjeev Kumar or the quintessential lover boys like Rajesh Khanna or Dev Anand, they never appeared anything but pure ‘man’…….Today most of Bollywood’s heroes appear as pygmies on steroids…..Because the hero must dance better (Hrithik Roshan, SRK,…….) than his female counterpart and he must be dressed just as colorfully too, if not more.”

That was a time when a person brought his individual personality. This uniqueness appeals more than some eight pacs. Once a friend of mine tried to get out information about what type of men attract me. And it was a bit difficult for me to explain since my generation can not comprehend with the fact that apart from attractive physical features and a good salary (we all are gold-diggers) what else does a woman wants? Surely we want attractive and well-groomed men but the one of the most charming aspects is personality. We all want to be mesmerized, don’t we ladies?

20 comments:

  1. Its quite a commendable effort.Especially how you have compared the tastes of todays generation with that of their ancestors.
    Truly a great effort.keep it up!

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  2. wonderful!You wrote what is actually happening in reality!

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  3. I think what's forgotten that even old actors like Dilip Kumar were metrosexuals. The best men in media were always depicted as those who were look conscious, of course what is considered "Fashionable" has changed however the essence of trying to look good has never changed. It's always been like that, women have often fallen for looks and forgotten the personality. It really doesn't have anything to do with whether the man has a "beef-ed" up body or a Dilip Kumar charm, both aimed for an outward appearance to charm the women with their outer character.

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  4. No harm in being attractive. Grooming always appeals. In fact I have even mentioned Junaid Jamshed and Imran Khan whose looks were also a part of their charm. "Obsession" is the word that should be avoided.

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  5. i guess ur quite rite about this whole thing but dont u think v shud b changing a bit with changing time cuz stagnancy is no fun rite?

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  6. *Sigh* The fact that you, yes Hiba YOU, wrote this article is no surprise to me.

    Overall, very well written. I couldn't agree with you more on this subject, men need to be men. It is refreshing to hear a woman's insight on the whole metrosexual fad that seems to be a menace in our society these days.

    Commendable effort, keep it up and oh yeah, the whole "women are gold diggers" thing...SPOT ON!

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  7. i just loved tht shakeel description. i love his composed and passive style too!!! now that is what u call class. not to mention he can actually speak amazing urdu in an amazing accent and at the same time speak in english! he IS BI LINGUAL!! unlike majority of the men who are self proclaimed try hard uni lingual!
    tsk tsk!
    goood effort

    p.s: HRITHIK IS CLASSY DESPITE BEING A METRO!

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  8. Dear Mr. Usman, to what extent does your "a bit" goes?

    And my dear friend Osman.174, we meet again. But somehow we are not on the opposite sides this time.

    And Niday, thank you. Hrithik is your own taste. I can't comment further.

    In fact thank you everyone!

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  10. And thanks for the honesty, all girls are gold-diggers!

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  12. Hiba, try to understand that being a metro sexual has become part of our everyday lives. Don't give me this crap that you don't have the hots for John Abraham or even Brad Pitt. The fact of the matter is they are both metros and you have to accept it, so please start accepting men who shave their arms, get their eye brows plucked and even get facials, not just any facial but "herbal" facials :p, done :p

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  13. I certainly agree about individuality and uniqueness and how everyone is trying to impersonate each other but there is always room for two John Abrahams *hint hint* :p

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  14. Mr. Omar, Brad Pitt is ugly and John Abraham izzzz......ok fine I admit but his wanna-bes are unbearable *hinthint*.

    And herbal facials are plainly unaccepatable for a man. In fact, I am a girl and I never had any.

    And the next thing you know, men will start shaving their chests, if they are so concerned about their hairy arms.

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  15. Btw if men have the right to demand a "pretty" girl then there is nothing wrong/unethical when women want a financial security for their present and future for themselves and their offsprings. It's a natural instinct.

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  16. So lets put it this way, you wouldn't mind marrying a millionaire gorilla? You do know finding the complete package is close to impossible.

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  17. So let's put it this way, you wouldn't mind marrying a gorgeous paindoo? You do know finding the complete package is close to impossible.

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  18. hiba u dont get any herbal facial..?? are u a girl or amazon..macho girl..? :O

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  19. btw nothing is impossible in this world..:) I M pOSSIBLE..U KNW WT I MEAN ;)

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