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An on-screen gay relationship
Producers: Movies Masti Magic in association with Shantketan Films
Director: Sanjay Sharma
Story: Kapil Sharma
Music: Nikhil Kamat
Cast: Helen,Zeenat Aman,Kabir Bedi,Aryan Vaid,Kapil Sharma,Maradona Rebello,Rituparna Sengupta,Yuvraaj Parashar and Hazel
Sanjay Sharma’s film,which is being touted as Indias Brokeback Mountain,is the first mainstream realistic gay film post the Delhi High court ruling on article 377 that recognises the rights of the LGBT (lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender) community.
The film is about a unorthodox relationship between two young men. It tracks Ashley (Kapil Sharma),the oldest son of an Anglo-Indian family,who is a closet gay. Ashley’s dad (Kabir Bedi) had left Ashley and his family,ten years ago to seek solitude in an ashram. His mother (Zeenat Aman) struggles to make ends meet. The film marks the comeback of Zeenat Aman who stars alongside Helen.
Through the film,the director,Sanjay Sharma,hopes to depict that the relationship can be as honest as a heterosexual relationship.
Sanjay Sharma says: I believe that the Indian audiences are mature enough to handle a gay subject despite the fact the country only recently did away with colonial-era laws outlawing homosexuality.
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Yuvraaj Parashar and Kapil Sharma share an on-screen kiss in the film.
