The (very late) awakening of the Indian woke

Hindustan Times | BySanjeev Kumar Bijli

Mar 01, 2020 12:25 AM IST

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It’s 2020. Isn’t it strange that India’s just beginning to accept LGBTQIA+ cinema?

The monologue at the end of Call Me By Your Name by actor Michael Stuhlbarg is one of the most poignant scenes in the film. Michael’s character ‘casually’ has a heart to heart talk with his 17-year-old son about his alleged affair with another man. He says: ‘But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything – what a waste!’

It remains to be seen whether the sexually fluid characters in mainstream Hindi films will be accepted by the audience(Photo imaging: Parth Garg)

The studio decided not to release award-winning films like Call Me By Your Name, Love, Simon and The Favourite in India due to their LGBTQIA+ themes

Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar play a gay couple in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

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