Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma reacted to social media ers who lled RRR a ‘gay movie’. The h film stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan and also featur Alia Bhatt.
Contents:
- IS RRR A GAY LOVE STORY? THIS OSR WNER THKS SO. HOW IZENS REACT
- 'RRR': WTERN AUDIENCE IS CONVCED THAT SS RAJAMOULI'S MOVIE IS A GAY LOVE STORY; INDIAN FANS ARE IN DENIAL
- WHY IS JR NTR, RAM CHARAN'S 'RRR' LLED A 'GAY' MOVIE?
- RRR IS GAY LOVE STORY - SAYS THE PEOPLE
- THE BATE OVER WHETHER THE HOMOEROTIC EPIC ‘RRR’ IS A “GAY LOVE STORY” RAG ON
- WHY RRR PERCEIVED AS A GAY LOVE STORY BY THE WTERN DIENCE?
- WTERN DIENC ARE NVCED RRR IS ‘HEARTWARMGLY GAY’, RGV TWEETS
- 'RRR' IS A GAY LOVE STORY: WTERN NETIZENS
IS RRR A GAY LOVE STORY? THIS OSR WNER THKS SO. HOW IZENS REACT
After Ram Gopal Verma, Osr wner Rul Pookutty too said to be a ‘Gay love story’ * rrr is gay story *
It currently trendg on social media after some poted out that they see as 'gay romance' than an ‘actn’ movie. “They are so gay' Wtern dience's perceptn of 'RRR' as a gay story.
And now, Osr wner Rul Pookutty said to be a ‘Gay love story’ too quotg a Tim of India article. However, was June (which is ironilly Pri Month) when news started tricklg that a certa sectn of the Wtern dience felt that the story - which shows Jr NTR and Ram Charan beiend each other and act as rebels agast the ernment is ‘heartwarmgly gay’.
'RRR': WTERN AUDIENCE IS CONVCED THAT SS RAJAMOULI'S MOVIE IS A GAY LOVE STORY; INDIAN FANS ARE IN DENIAL
It was June (which is ironilly Pri Month) when news started tricklg that a certa sectn of the Wtern dience felt that RRR - which shows Jr NTR and Ram Charan beiend each other and act as rebels agast the Brish ernment, is ‘heartwarmgly gay’. * rrr is gay story *
That’s not all - some went as far as parg the film to Netflix’s h show Heartstopper which took the world by storm this year for s portrayal of gay romance. One er tweeted, “RRR is about two gay boys love.
Why did the Wtern dience feel RRR was based on gay romance?
WHY IS JR NTR, RAM CHARAN'S 'RRR' LLED A 'GAY' MOVIE?
Do you thk Ram Charan's Ram and Jr NTR's Bheem were gay for each other? * rrr is gay story *
Needls to say, Indian films have not portrayed homosexual relatnships wh the kd of serns and nuance that some of the films the Wt have. While there have been some rare films which did do a good job at portrayg gay romance, most of them, the lik of Dostana riturize the gay characters and play to the stereotyp.
Related Articl As a rult, the queer viewers livg India, a untry that is largely heteronormative, hardly have lerature or cema that portray gay romance bee of which they start viewg films wh a queer gaze. One might argue - that this is ak to fdg homosexualy where there is none. This probably explas why a sectn of the Wtern dience uld sense the homoerotic unrton Jr NTR and Ram Charan’s seemgly heteronormative bromance.
RRR IS GAY LOVE STORY - SAYS THE PEOPLE
'RRR' is trendg on social media aga. Some Twter ers are postg what they see as 'gay romance'. Some Wtern dienc are tweetg that they * rrr is gay story *
Rul Pookutty and the ‘Gay Story’ ment. When actor-wrer Munish Bharadwaj lled RRR ‘garbage’ a tweet, Rul wrote ‘gay love story’ the ments and followed wh another ment: ‘… and Alia is a prop that film… (sic). ’ The ment was not only misogynistic bee rced Alia, an acplished actrs her own right, to a ‘prop’ thereby objectifyg her, but also suated that Ram Charan and Jr NTR were beg gay a way that was meant to be nscendg.
Twter was quick to school Pookutty and lled him out for beg homophobic large numbers, wh some even taggg The Amy and askg them to take back his Osr.
THE BATE OVER WHETHER THE HOMOEROTIC EPIC ‘RRR’ IS A “GAY LOVE STORY” RAG ON
Ever sce RRR started airg, Wtern izens have been makg strange readgs about the RRR movie, some even llg a gay movie. * rrr is gay story *
“I don’t thk @RRRMovie is a gay love story as you say but even if was, is “gay love story” a bad thg?
WHY RRR PERCEIVED AS A GAY LOVE STORY BY THE WTERN DIENCE?
* rrr is gay story *
Is India ready for a gay love story? If a film - where the wrer didn’t even tend to make the leadg hero a gay uple and only showed them as stereotypilly mascule men - n attract a slew of homophobic ments, go whout sayg that there would be major outrage if an Indian director or a producer were to make a gay love story. The rampant homophobia and the lack of laws for the protectn of LGBTQ+ muny are proof enough that we have a long way to go before as far as acceptg homosexualy, let alone a film on gay romance is ncerned.
WTERN DIENC ARE NVCED RRR IS ‘HEARTWARMGLY GAY’, RGV TWEETS
RRR is fely not a ‘gay love story’ by any measure ( fact, is the most heteronormative film ma recent tim). The fact that still managed to receive cricism and homophobic ments only go on to show how the mere thought of two people beg close to each other is unacceptable and an act of sacrilege today’s world.
'RRR' IS A GAY LOVE STORY: WTERN NETIZENS
It also shows that we have a long way to go as far as normalizg homosexualy and fightg for the rights of the queer muny is ncerned. Well, few months after the release of the movie, RRR is trendg aga on Twter, bee the Wtern dience is nvced that RRR is actually a gay love story movie. Several ers, particularly the wtern dienc, are nvced that RRR is a love story of two gay men.
One er wrote, “Turns out there n be gay themed actn hero 2022! Turns out there n be gay themed actn hero 2022!