Given that the presence of Bollywood ensures instant publicity, why didn’t they attempt to invite some of its stars to participate in Kashish? Ian McKellanHowever, even then we had wondered why Bollywood and its stars were so conspicuously absent from Kashish, and we recall bringing this up with the festival’s indefatigable director, Sridhar Rangayan. Take that Bollywood. By Malavika Sangghvi | Posted 13-May-2016Exactly a year ago, we had the privilege of being on the jury of the 6th Kashish Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest queer film festival, and the first Indian LGBT festival to be held with approval by the I&B Ministry, GOI. To which an aghast friend of his, the artist and writer Gautam Benegal remarked, “Bal Thackeray at Dolly Thakore’s apartment.

Source: Mid-Day May 12, 2016 21:35 UTC