RAMA SRINIVASAN, 'Gaylords' of Bollywood: Polics of Dire Hdi Cema, Enomic and Polil Weekly, Vol. 46, No. 7 (FEBRUARY 12-18, 2011), pp. 73-78
Contents:
- INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
- REVIEW: REEL AND THE REAL; PORTRAYAL OF GAY MEN BOLLYWOOD FILMS BY HIMADRI ROY
- 7 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS THAT HELPED US OPEN OUR MDS ABOUT THE COMMUNY
- 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
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. * gay in hindi film industry *
The story tak another turn when Rahul’s mother Suna Kapoor (Rathna Pathak Shah) breaks down disverg that her 'perfect' son is gay.
Not once the movie, they mentn the word ‘gay’ or is openly pictg g out story.
Unbothered by the societal norms and stereotyp, Avash tak a h start life and secur an ternship a popular magaze and gets close to a lleague named Gayatri (Rani Merji). Gayatri, trapped a lovels marriage, disvers that her hband Dev (Ranep Hooda) is a closeted homosexual. The film picts how Sweety fac extreme opposn om her fay and society for homosexualy.
REVIEW: REEL AND THE REAL; PORTRAYAL OF GAY MEN BOLLYWOOD FILMS BY HIMADRI ROY
Bollywood films have played a signifint role wing the disurse around gay rights India * gay in hindi film industry *
The film picts the story of two gay men Aman and Kartik. The film portrays the shame that acpani homosexualy and disabily s ways. They portray the problems Nikhil fac when the police arrts him and puts him behd bars for beg homosexual and havg HIV AIDs.
7 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS THAT HELPED US OPEN OUR MDS ABOUT THE COMMUNY
Nikhil's sister Anamika (Juhi Chawla) and boyiend Nigel (Purab Kohli) turn the ray of hope for him and love him the same which they ed to do Read: Bollywood’s inic film posters reimaged wh same-sex relatnships to celebrate Pri month, check out More Pag: Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Box Office Collectn, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie ReviewTags: Aligarh, Anil Kapoor, Ayhmann Khurrana, Bombay Talki, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Fawad Khan, Gay, Hansal Mehta, Jendra Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Kalki Koechl, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA Communy, Manoj Baayee, Margara Wh A Straw, My Brother Nikhil, Purab Kohli, Rajat Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Ranep Hooda, Ratna Pathak Shah, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Suri, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Sidharth Malhotra, Sonam Kapoor AhujaBOLLYWOOD NEWS - LIVE UPDATESCatch for latt Bollywood News, New Bollywood Movi update, Box office llectn, New Movi Release, Bollywood News Hdi, Entertament News, Bollywood Live News Today & Upg Movi 2023 and stay updated wh latt hdi movi only on Bollywood Hungama. 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.
8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
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. It was more mon, however, for Indian films to rce LGBTQ characters to stereotyp or to voke homosexualy for edic purpos.