In those pre-internet days, the only resources we had were magazines, newspapers, television and Bollywood movies to shape our identities. When I watched the Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan trailer today, my first reaction was ‘Oh. This film, and Ayushmann Khurrana playing a gay man is significant for various reasons. A Bollywood film, in the rhetoric of a typical potboiler, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan has the power to bridge that gap. (Khurrana quips, “When did you decide you won’t become gay?”)Screenshot from YouTube Ayushmann Khurrana in Shubh Mangal Saavdhaan trailer.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2020 12:19 UTC