Gaysi: The Gay Desi - Yes, we're legal!

Bollywood hasn’t heard of bisexuality. And between gay men and lesbians, the former is given far more attention within cinema. Lesbians tend to fall into two main categories according to Hindi cinema. The last one is sort of hinted at.

Lesbian Type 1: AMHHB – a.k.a Angry Male Hating Hot Babe
This one comes from the depths of Freudian explanations. The woman hates the fact that a man has a different plumbing system. Blames him for global warming, bad traffic and the general lack of law and order. But secretly she’s jealous of him. She tries to be a man by being more aggressive. She hates men. She drinks their blood.

Lesbian Type 2: HHII – a.k.a Her Husband Is Impotent
Given to us in varying combinations, this woman turns to sexual pleasure from women because her husband isn’t capable of having sex with her. Why she should turn to another woman, instead of the nearest available man is never quite explained. Mostly attracted to other women who also have similar issues with men.

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If this is the kind of sense of humor coupled with sensitivity Karan Johar and his Dostana team were talking about before the release (the NDTV interview more precisely) – I am grateful to the almighty for not making him a lesbian. Jokes apart.

Agreed I do crib over the lack of ‘lesbian’ references in Bollywood movies. But honestly I rather have it out of the picture than being made the butt of every joke. And I am not even talking about the exaggerated portrayal of "gay characteristic" in the film (it was somewhat expected).

The only reason the gay-sub plot exists is to enhance the entertaining factor of Dostana. After all without it, it would be end up being just another done to death threesome. So the producers decided to throw in a few laughs at the expense of homosexual men…all in the name of “comedy”…after all box-office ka sawal hai.

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