Telugammayi

There is a new Telugu movie called 'Maryada Ramanna' (మర్యాద రామన్న), which has a song that starts with 'Telugammayi' (తెలుగమ్మాయి) . The song goes on to describe a Telugu girl so beautifully. Not just this movie, there have been many movies in recent past which had songs extolling the good qualities of a Telugu girl. Ironically none of the heroines enacting the role of that beautiful Telugu girl was a Telugu girl. May be the movie makers don't find Telugu girls beautiful enough. May be it is the Telugu audiences who don't find Telugu girls good enough to be heroines. We like only those fair skinned girls who come from Mumbai, Goa, Delhi..any place other than Andhra Pradesh. It is probably true that men like exotic women. If Telugu girls are not really beautiful, those songs must be hypocritical. What I don't understand is why these songs go on to become big hits. May be the people of AP have not really noticed the irony.

But Telugu girls make good sisters in our movies. And these girls from other states don't make such good sisters. Can you see why? I think it has got to do with the psyche of a typical man. Hope you can guess what I mean.