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- STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CLOSET: IS BOLLYWOOD FALLY HAPPY AND GAY?OUT OF THE CLOSET?NANDAKUMAR RAMMOHANPUBLISHED: 10 JAN 2019, 4:41 PM ISTGENR5 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY
- ARAVD ADIGA'S 'SELECTN DAY' GENTLY PRONOUNC THAT INDIA WILL NEVER HAVE A GAY SPORTS STAR
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CLOSET: IS BOLLYWOOD FALLY HAPPY AND GAY?OUT OF THE CLOSET?NANDAKUMAR RAMMOHANPUBLISHED: 10 JAN 2019, 4:41 PM ISTGENR5 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY
Disvery and acceptanceIn addn to class dynamics, there’s a tenr track of homosexual self-disvery that Adiga’s novel explor. In 2003, as a first mastream Hdi cema there was a ic gay sk between Shah Rh Khan and Saif Ali Khan Kal Ho Naa Ho. From that we have e a long way, when you look at the pictn of the gay character Kapoor & Sons (2016) played by Fawad Khan, cintally also a Dharma film.
But the book Manju slowly realis that he is gay and begs to fantasise about Javed.
(Photo urty: Dharma Productns)The big change the pictn of homosexual characters particularly that of men, is that the stereotypil image of an effemate man stttg around tight pants has been broken to a large extent. If you look at Saqib Saleem’s character Karan Johar’s short film Bombay Talki, or even Fawad Khan’s character Kapoor & Sons they're jt like other men but are gay.
ARAVD ADIGA'S 'SELECTN DAY' GENTLY PRONOUNC THAT INDIA WILL NEVER HAVE A GAY SPORTS STAR
That's a distctn Bollywood should have learnt years ago, but then aga as a society we haven't, so why expect the movi to do years, gay characters have been clud only as a ic pot or to accentuate the stereotype and play to the gallery. For the latter, we have Madhur Bhandarkar to thank for creatg a stock personaly out of gay characters. They were void of anythg but the fact they were ‘gay’ films like Page 3 and Fashn.
Transgenr actor Bobby Darlg was ed as an accsory films like Apna Sapna Money Money, Kyaa Kool Ha Hum and many others wh exaggerated mannerisms mostly wrten to be ridiculed by other Saleem played an gay character Karan Johar’s short film the anthology Bombay Talki. (Photo urty: Flyg Unirn Entertament)Onir is the only openly gay director Bollywood. (Photo urty: Twter)This narrative has also benefted bee of a director like Onir, who is openly gay and has ma films like I am and My Brother Nikhil.
Both films al wh the nsequenc of havg homosexual relatns, and the subsequent alienatn. It’s no surprise that Onir is the only openly gay Bollywood director, and has also said that he feels punished for g out of the closet.