Before Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, we have had queer characters that have touched hearts and ma thk. (By and large, the rabow is missg cema, but still the recent spike LGBTQ films is a wele change). Here's a list of gay/lbian movi that you ought to see if you haven't already.
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8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
In a landmark lg, India’s Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy on Thursday. Wh gay sex only jt beg legal, will take time for the big stars India’s celebry world to e out. Decrimalisg homosexualy and abolishg #Sectn377 is a huge thumbs up for humany and equal rights!
Award-wng filmmaker, edor and wrer Apurva Asrani, who is known workg on succsful films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CyLights (2014), is one of few openly gay men Indian cema. “The largt qutn, I thk, before India is not jt terms of legalisg homosexualy bisexualy or the transgenr muny, is social acceptance…there’s a great difference between the two thgs. A gay, lguistic profsor livg a small orthodox cy mt al wh the aftermath of a stg operatn that puts his sexual orientatn ont of the entire natn.
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.