Khabar: Ta. Brahm. Iyer. And Gay.

Contents:

• 100 YEARS OF TA CEMA: MY SON IS GAY, KOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY FEATURE FILM
• TA. BRAHM. IYER. AND GAY.
• INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• WHO ALL ARE GAY THE TA FILM DTRY?
• GAY ACTORS
• GAY ACTORS

100 YEARS OF TA CEMA: MY SON IS GAY, KOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY FEATURE FILM

More recently, Hansal Mehta was cricised for not stg a gay person his segment for Morn Love-Mumbai.

TA. BRAHM. IYER. AND GAY.

Ranveer Brar and Pratik Gandhi play gay lovers Hansal Mehta’s Baai, Morn Love MumbaiKubbra Sa, who played the popular trans character Koo Sacred Gam, shar: “No one I’ve met a closed room has ever said, we don’t want to st a member of the LGBTQIA+ muny or a trans person, specific. “Castg is an important aspect of a film and we mt be more tthful to the character’s needs than the actor’s opportuny, ” he argu, potg out how the furore over stg Vijay Raaz was eventually bowed out to the applse that followed his stellar turn as Raziabai language of queer timacyOnir’s My Brother Nikhil, starrg Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri, was one of the first films mastream Indian cema to talk about homosexualyThe stg challenge is pound when to the portrayal of gay characters by straight and male actors specifilly, as filmmaker Onir explaed an terview to this publitn earlier.

They have no qualms about playg a rapist but playg a gay man onscreen is an issue for many... ” This lack of onscreen timacy has impacted the way queer relatnships are picted, he argued, addg: “Gay rol have been sanised bee not many actors are fortable dog that.

Konkona plays a dal lbian the filmAyhmann Khurrana and Jendra Kumar play gay partners Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanRajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar a still om Badhaai Do. Which is why filmmakers turn to acplished actors, such as Konkona Sen Sharma (Geeli Pucchi), Ayhmann Khurrana and Jendra Sharma (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan), Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar (Badhaai Do), to make a nvcg films about queer box-office impact on stgFawad Khan played a gay character, Rahul, Kapoor and SonsFor trans actors, the roadblock to more opportuni is also a functn of the box-office dynamics.

INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+

Vijay Raaz playg a trans character or Ayhmann playg a gay character may not transcend the social dilemmas associated wh the LGBTQIA+ muny, but such films have created a space to battle homophobia, which is rampant. But this year, get ready to wns somethg different- A feature movie on the story of a gay man and the impact on his relatnship wh his mother starrg Anupama Kumar, V Jayaprakash, Kishore, Ashwjh, Abishek Joseph Gee & Sriranji LGBTQIA issu are que sensive India and cema plays a major role highlightg such issu. And for the first time Kollywood history, a gay feature movie is all set to release this year.

Directed by Lokh Kumar, My Son is Gay (En Magan Magizhvan Ta) is a story of love, acceptance & tolerance.

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

” A still om My Son is Gay, starrg Anupama Kumar What’s more tertg is that the film was shot jt 26 days at a stretch March 2016 and the actors worked pro bono.

And Gay.

In the followg terview, Shadri unpacks some of those emotns, nversatns, and lsons om his journey of g out as gay the Indian- Amerin muny that still stggl wh the LGBTQ orientatns. Even 2022 and even fewer South Asians who have e out as gay.

WHO ALL ARE GAY THE TA FILM DTRY?

I didn’t know for sure if I was gay or if was a phase or if I was feelg this way bee I hadn’t found someone.

GAY ACTORS

It’s a lot easier to tell people of your own generatn as they unrstand what the ncept of the word “gay” is. I also uldn’t give them any exampl India bee homosexualy is still very much a taboo.

GAY ACTORS

We don’t have a party for g out as straight, so we don’t need to for g out as gay or lbian or belongg to the LGTBQ fay. We need to acknowledge that and set the nversatn rrectly—whether ’s about beg gay or about reer, divorce, not havg children, and so on. Sridhar Rangayan, Filmmaker.