Top gay movies with bold scenes
One of them is a gay NRI engaged in a marriage purely to fulfill social obligations and ward off snoopy relatives. Reema Kagti's first film as director looks at various married couples honeymooning in Goa. Sanjay Suri's perceptive delivery as well as the restrained, gentle textures of his romantic relationship with boyfriend (Purab Kohli) steer clear of Bollywood's queer mockery.Įven more so, if it's to announce the end of a marriage and the truth about your sexual orientation to your pubescent son.ĭear Dad never rises to its potential of tackling a complicated premise, but Arvind Swamy's normalised portrayal deserves props. Onir's directorial debut revolves around a state-level swimming champion's harassment owing to his HIV positive status.
One of them, played by Alexander Gifford, is coming to terms with his sexuality aided by intimate experiences around his aged landlord.īombay Boys refusal to be coy on matters of sex or violence made it quite a bold one for its times. Kaizad Gustad's wild indie chronicles three young NRI men visiting India in pursuit of different things. Kapoor & Sons looks into the highs and lows of a dysfunctional household and its pile of secrets as they gather together for a big birthday in the family.ĭirector Shakun Batra's mastery lies in both - how he conveys Fawad Khan's insecurity and normalises his homosexuality as well as the discomfort of a mother conditioned to view it as unnatural.īesides, Fawad Khan is an inspiring piece of casting. In Hansal Mehta's Aligarh, which tells the true story of a professor and poet Dr Ramchandra Siras, Manoj Bajpayee heartbreakingly conveys the isolation and pathos of a man ostracised and penalised for his sexual identity.Īligarh's dignified take on the subject makes it a rare Hindi film that views gay lives as human not a source of hilarity.
Throw in Boman Irani's catty gay boss and Kiron Kher's scandalised Punju mother to the mix and all hell breaks loose.Įven if Dostana does bring homosexuality to the fore, its caricature treatment plays purely for laughs. On that note, Sukanya Verma looks at gay portrayals in Bollywood.Ībhishek Bachchan and John Abraham pose as a gay couple to rent a pad in Miami, but complications arise when they fall for the same girl they are sharing the apartment with. What is refreshing is they are neither mistaken nor pretending to be men in love. Things might change for the better when Bollywood's resident crusader Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar (of Gone Kesh, Kota Factory fame) take same sex romance to mainstream levels in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan. We still have not recovered from Akshay Kumar's cringeworthy ' Isne gender ka tender nahi bhara' humour in Housefull 4. Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in Hindi movies, a significant number is prone to poking fun for cheap laughs. Bollywood's homophobia problem bares itself in its various caricatures of the LGBQT community.