From Kapoor and Sons, Geeli Puchhi, Badhaai Do, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Margara wh a Straw, Sheer Qorma to Aligarh, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, LOEV, Eveng Shadows and My Son Is Gay, here are the Bollywood films that got the portrayal of the LGBTQ+ muny right.
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8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
Not long after India’s top urt overturned a lonial era law crimalizg homosexualy, Shelly Chopra Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal’s 2019 edy-drama “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga” picted a queer woman’s attempt to e out to her fay.
“Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan” (2020), “Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui” (2021) and “Badhaai Do” (2022) each feature gay or trans characters relatnships who eventually e up agast disapprovg fay members. ) Still, as one of the first Indian films to pict homosexualy on screen, igned a discsn about sexualy and LGBTQ rights morn India.
In the years that followed, dramas such as “My Brother… Nikhil” (2005) and “Margara Wh A Straw” (2014) portrayed queer characters sensively – the former is the story of a man diagnosed wh HIV who battl homophobia om his parents and Indian thori, while the latter is about a bisexual teenager wh cerebral palsy who falls love wh a young bld activist.