AMP's Queering the Indian Cinescape: 7 Movies
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June 24, 2020
By Puja Basu
The repealing of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was definitely a moment of monumental significance in contemporary Indian history. Even though the provision was a legislative relic of the British colonial government, the government of the United Kingdom had revoked this provision in their own country, much before India did the same. The struggle for equal rights and opportunities for people belonging to the LGBTQ+ spectrum in India is far from over; however, the past decade has seen some interesting trends in terms of representation of queer characters in Indian cinema.
For a society that still refuses to condone sex education because the subject continues to be taboo, the cinematic medium becomes an interesting means of initiating conversations on the matter, given its reach and capacity for mass engagement. It’s been over two decades since the release of Deepa Mehta’s “Fire”, which had created a furor owing to its portrayal of a same-sex relationship, that two between two sisters-in-law! While public response to such content has changed over the years, so have the kinds of stories filmmakers have been trying to tell. While most works tend to make the character’s sexuality or their instance of ‘coming out’ the focus of their trajectory, some have even managed to go beyond this narrative trope.
Here’s taking a look at some of the most interesting Indian cinematic approaches in the last decade, to representing and narrativizing queer stories snd characters.
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Dedh Ishqiya
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Aligarh
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Aarekti Premer Golpo
2010 — a.k.a. Just Another Love Story, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chitrangada
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Margarita, with a Straw
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Nagarkirtan
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Loev
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
2020, in 0 top lists
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