Wet sari scene
{{Short description|Cliché in Hindi cinema films as a proxy for nudity in mainstream Indian cinema}}
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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 saris that cling to their bodies. This functions as a proxy for nudity in mainstream Indian cinema, where nudity is taboo.{{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}}
Films showing wet sari scenes include Mera Naam Joker (1970), Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) and Kishen Kanhaiya (1990).{{fact|date=June 2022}}
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- {{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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