seductresses

Seduction is the name of the game. It is a part of our glorious tradition. We had the fantastic RUM combination, in Heaven – the dancers Rambha, Urvashi and Menoka. When persuasion of all types failed, the services of this trio were requisitioned by the Gods. The RUM combination was dispatched forthwith on missions of disrupting the meditation of munis and rishis making it difficult for them to attain their objectives.
In practical life also, we had Ursula Andress, whose state of undress as she emerged from the ocean with water dripping all over her body, was to seduce James Bond in the block buster Dr. No. It was considered shocking by the standard of the sixties, like Sharmila in a swimming costume in Love in Tokyo. And then there was the one and only Marilyn Monroe whose billowing dress exposed her slim legs and sent the audience into ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’!!
Vamps were introduced at about this time in Hindi cinemas.
Each and every story line demanded a vamp just to prove that you can’t get something for nothing. The second purpose of the vamp was to distract the hero from performing his rightful duties by creating obstacles in connivance with the underlings of the villain. In order to do this efficiently, the vamps had to be seductresses par excellence and, to influence the hero, she would dance real sizzling numbers. As the years rolled by, the heroines themselves were more than willing to play the role of a vamp as well because willingness to display more and more of the body ensured more and more earning potentials. Hence, vamps disappeared from the scene only to reappear in the group dance sequences involving blatant display of the body in provocative gestures attired in the minimal of clothing. Nowadays they feature in video remixes.
Exploiting the fairer sex to obtain desired results is present in Politics also.
In order to press home a point, the fairer sex is called upon to face the Press – with large bindis on the forehead, the pallu in place and not an extra inch of skin visible, they make impressive pictures, courtesy the designers who work overtime to ensure that the color of the saree matches the décor where the Press briefing is to be held! Whether such presentations influence public opinions or not remain shrouded in mystery but it is a fact that the fairer sex does play a major role in tight situations.
Incidents of students seducing their teachers to earn better grades or office assistants seducing the Boss to garner additional benefits are not rare. Variety is certainly the spice of life and, seductresses, being beautiful, with curves in the right places in the right proportion, do provide variety in our daily lives.
Seduction will remain till doom’s day.