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

In the previous post our spunky reader, DK complained – lekin kab do kudiyon ko leke kuch banayengey?? – and holy cow her wish just got answered.

From the land of desi jhatkas matkas comes our very own (first) Bisexual damsel in Devang Dholakia’s 3 Nights 4 Days. Played by actress Madhuri Bhattacharya, Zoya hails from an affluent Hyderabadi Muslim family. Creative, witty, talented with special liking for sarcasm and Madonna. She always knew what she wanted from life while she was studying fashion designing. But wait-O-wait, secret thing about her is her liking for girls. Despite being disowned by her family for her sexual preferences, Zoya continues to make progress in her chosen path.

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Honestly I don’t know about you Chic(k)lets but I’m quite a cynic when it comes to Bollywood’s interpretation of Queer folks. And I have a gut feeling that this film ain’t gonna be any different, for instance; the Production guys probably decided to go against having an out-n-out lezzie to avoid any sort of boo-haa with the moral brigade rascals. Zoya’s sexuality angle is just there to titillate the audience without any meaningful screen time. Some childhood disaster made her lean towards same sex entanglements. You get the picture….right!

Anyway no more speculation, let’s see what this Friday unfolds.

PS – Credit to be given though, the woman looks cute.

Karan Goel (27), who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa (90 per cent blindness), has made a film, The Other Side, on the gay community that urges society not to treat them as outcasts.

It’s his disability that helped him relate to homosexuals. “I have been visually impaired since childhood and though my family supported me, society did not accept me. Homosexuals face similar discrimination.”

After Goel returned to India in 2007, he decided to make a film that addresses this sensitive subject. Now that the film is ready, he has planned a special screening for the members of The Humsafar Trust, India’s first gay community organisation tomorrow in the city.

“The movie is based on the hardships faced by the homosexual communities. We need to have feedback from them, and hence have planned for the special screening,” said Goel, who is the writer, the producer and associate director of the film. [Link]

Frankly speaking, I believe a film like Dostana is a complete misfit in our current scenario. I mean those Kanta Bhen jokes and their extended versions were good during the late 1990s and early 2000, when saying “we exist” was a big enough deal. But it’s not that same anymore, now the main funda as I see it is about ‘informing & engaging’.

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