I was shocked when I read some blogs trying to hint there was a gay or queer angle to Jai and Veeru's relationship in Sholay.
Or a lesbian or queer angle to Chandramukhi and Paro's relation in Bhansali's Devdas.
Huh?
I know people analyse films on everything be it sexism or ageism or casteism etc but I do not agree with trend of hijacking films and putting narratives where none exist.
At no point of time did I ever feel that films with male bonding as shown in Sholay, DCH, AAA etc had a queer or gay subtext to it.
Friends can be close or affectionate without being sexually attracted to each other.
What is your take on appropriating old films and adding such narratives or hinting characters had those 'hints' but it was subtle as Indian society is homophobic?
Why can they not focus on actual LGBTQIA characters as shown in Badhai Do or Fire etc instead of appropriating old films like Anand or Sholay or AAA, DCH, KHNH?
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