'Ma Heaven' is takg Amazon Prime by storm. Here's what you need to know about Arjun Mathur — and whether or not he is gay IRL.
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- IS YOUR NEW 'MA HEAVEN' CSH REALLY GAY? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ARJUN MATHUR
- MA (GAY) HEAVEN: AMAZON PRIME SHOW SETS A NEW BENCHMARK FOR PORTRAYAL OF QUEER NARRATIV
- MY ROLE OF GAY MAN MA HEAVEN TOUCHED MANY LIV, SAYS ARJUN MATHUR
IS YOUR NEW 'MA HEAVEN' CSH REALLY GAY? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ARJUN MATHUR
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Is Your New 'Ma Heaven' Csh Really Gay? Here's what you need to know about Arjun Mathur — and whether or not he is gay IRL. Article ntu below advertisementBut Karan's se, a by day at work means an even later night at the gay bar.
Source: InstagramArticle ntu below advertisement"I thk 's very smart that we are vg everyone sayg 's a show about weddgs but then we are htg them wh the strong realy checks, " Arjun recently said an terview wh India actor, who's worked alongsi Ma Heaven director Zoya Akhtar over the urse of several projects, says he's played gay characters before and was ially ncerned about takg on the role of Karan. Article ntu below advertisementSource: Amazon PrimeArjun "didn't want to be too repetive" when me to acceptg gay rol as a straight actor, and didn't want to n the risk of ntually beg typest as an actor who uld only play homosexuals down the le.
MA (GAY) HEAVEN: AMAZON PRIME SHOW SETS A NEW BENCHMARK FOR PORTRAYAL OF QUEER NARRATIV
Article ntu below advertisement"[Playg a gay character] is a big challenge, " he admted. Remember that homosexualy isn't the bt regard liftyle India, where was crimalized lerally jt this past September.
One of the show’s leadg characters is Karan Mehra, a gay man who gets arrted unr Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co after his landlord secretly films him havg sex wh another man and sends the vio to the police. ‘Ma Heaven’ took place at a time when homosexual relatnships were illegal India. Sce then, the Supreme Court has crimalised homosexual relatnships (relatnships between people of the same sex).
It do not matter if the adult relatnship volv a gay uple (man and a man), lbian uple (woman and a woman) or transgenrs.
MY ROLE OF GAY MAN MA HEAVEN TOUCHED MANY LIV, SAYS ARJUN MATHUR
Over drks many months ago, an anonymo sir told me about a WIP weddg-themed show wh a meaty gay character (who had a meatier storyle). In the past, Bollywood’s treatment of homosexualy has been both over-the-top and unr-the-belt. Te, the 2019 cycle of reprentatn has been inic – om Shelly Chopra Dhar’s Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga explorg a lbian love story, to Sridhar Rangayan’s Eveng Shadows, a touchg tale about a cy-bred man g out to his small-town mother – but they me wh their fair share of triggers.
Ma Heaven is a bge worthy show about rich society wife Tara Khanna (Sobha Dhulipala) and her gay bs partner/iend Karan Mehra (played effortlsly by (a rather straight) Arjun Mathur (I know bee I checked), who solve s plan weddgs, while alg wh the trials and tribulatns of their own personal liv – philanrg hbands, snoopy landlords and bone-breakg loan sharks, to name a few. And this is where Arjun Mathur steps up and pletely chang the game as an actor playg a strong, sensible gay man.