Wet sari scenes are an on-screen

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films, in which fully clothed actresses are depicted in wet

sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...

s that cling to their bodies. This functions as a proxy for

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in mainstream Indian cinema, where nudity is

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. Films showing wet sari scenes include ''

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'' (1970), ''

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'' (1978), ''

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'' (1985) and ''

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'' (1990).

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