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Bollywood Films On The Subject Of Homosexuality

Altaf Merchant

07 Sep 2018 17:15 IST

Updated On 23 May 2022 15:39 IST

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It was a joyous moment for the members of the LGBT community in India as the Supreme Court in a historic judgement decriminilised the draconian Section 377. Here are a list of some Bollywood films which spoke about the subject of homosexuality.

1) Fire

The characters of Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das who played sisters in law get into a relationship in the film.

2) Dostana

In the film, the characters of John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan pretend to be gay in order to rent a house.

3) Aligarh

The much-acclaimed film depicted the true story of Ramchandra Siras, a professor of Marathi and the head of the Classical Modern Indian Languages Faculty at the famed Aligarh Muslim University, who was suspended on grounds of morality. Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao essayed key roles in the film.

4) Bombay Talkies

In this 2013 anthology film, the film titled Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh depicts the attraction between the characters of Randeep Hooda and Saqib Saleem.

5) Margarita With A Straw

The film depicted the coming of age of the character of a girl suffering from cerebral palsy essayed by Kalki Koechlin and depicted her complex relationship with a blind girl essayed by Sayani Gupta.

6) I Am

The anthology film had two sub-plots Abhimanyu and Omar which centred around the topic of homosexuality. Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose and Arjun Mathur essayed pivotal characters in the sub-plots.

7) Girlfriend

The film focused on the character of Isha Koppikar's obsessive relationship with the character of Amrita Arora.

8) Kapoor & Sons

In this drama film, the character of Fawad Khan is depicted as gay.

9) Angry Indian Goddesses

The film depicted the characters of Sarah Jane Dias and Tannishtha Chatterjee in a relationship.

10) Dedh Ishqiya

The film hints at a relationship between the characters of Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi.

11) My Brother Nikhil

One of the most sensitive and well-handled films which centred around the topic. The film depicted the life of the protagonist, Nikhil, from 1987 to 1994, when AIDS awareness in India was considerably low. Sanjay Suri and Juhi Chawla essayed key roles in the film.

Fire Fawad Khan Sayani Gupta Huma Qureshi Saqib Saleem Rajkummar Rao Sarah Jane Dias Kalki Koechlin Arjun Mathur Shabana Azmi Rahul Bose Manoj Bajpayee Juhi Chawla Abhishek Bachchan Madhuri Dixit Nandita Das Randeep Hooda Sanjay Suri Isha Koppikar Amrita Arora John Abraham Tannishtha Chatterjee