Homosexuality is a topic that is often not discussed in real life or in our movies but with the release of the most controversial film, Padmaavat homosexuality is going to be one of the hottest topics of discussion. In Padmaavat, it’s not just Shahid and Deepika alone who are romancing but there is one entire racy romantic song that has been picturized on Ranveer Kapoor and Jim Sarbh’s screen characters!
Jim who made quite an impact with his role as the terrorist in Neerja has done a fantastic job as a homosexual in Padmaavat. While earlier, such characters were normally incorporated in Bollywood films just for laughs as a comic relief, however, with the changing audience and the change in the way films are made these days, topics like homosexuality are no longer a taboo.
Let’s take a look at some of the other actors who have played a homosexual character in some of the recent Bollywood films:
Fawad Khan: Kapoor and Sons
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While is was difficult to believe that this good-looking man was a homosexual in Kapoor and Sons. However, not all gay men are feminine! Fawad Khan as Rahul Kapoor plays a doting good son and the audience is taken by surprise when they get to know he is actually gay!
Manoj Bajpayee: Aligarh
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Manoj Bajpai as Prof. Ramchandra Siras in the movie inspired by the real-life story of Prof. Ramchandra Siras (Aligarh Muslim University). It was about a professor who dies after a video showing his sexual relationship with another man goes viral.
Randeep Hooda and Saqib Saleem: Bombay Talkies
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Randeep Hooda as Dev and Saqib Saleem as Avinas in Bombay Talkies played lovers in the movie and showed the world that forcing homosexuals to tie the knot with a woman doesn’t change things.
Samir Soni: Fashion
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In fashion, Samir Soni plays the character called Rahul Arora and the film shows how even the high society is not as advanced in their thinking as we think. Gays are ridiculed even in the higher strata of society and discussing and embracing their sexuality is still a taboo.
Sanjay Suri and Purab Kohli: My Brother Nikhil
Image Credit: Movie – My Brother Nikhil
My Brother Nikhil is a story about Nikhil Kapoor (Sanjay Suri), the swimming champion who is diagnosed with HIV and his life falls apart. The only people who stand by him at that time are his sister and his gay partner Nigel (Purab Kohli).The film shows how two men can be in love as much as a man and woman.
While these are films we are talking about, I believe that everyone deserves to live their life exactly the way they want to and feel like. What do you have to say about it?
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