Bollywood, the biggest entertainment business in the world had an annual turnover of 13,800crore in 2019 and around 23,000crore in 2020. The money, fame everything that one can ask for still fails to understand the social issues. Result is quite evident "Dostana" a movie that portrays gays as a JOKE.
There is no TV series that features gays as normal human being and not a comedy element.
I understand the fact that we must not expect acceptance would be easy for anyone beyond the norm. A society full of prejudices always fail to understand or even recognize as human being so much so that taunting, teasing became a thing of complement for most of us. We happily accept being called as ladies, chhaka or hijra even when you don't consider yourself one.
Historical evidences indicate that entertainment is the only business that was ruled by the gay community. If so then why change? why gays are always neglected? or any producer or director casts a gay or trans as their main character?
Film or TV series are based on the social concept and if we don't include or feature it will always remain as TABOO. No laws can change the perception of society that is deeply rooted in our tradition. A sense of fear, neglect, ignorance or loss are some of the biggest concern for those associated with entertainment business. But if these people don't come forward and support us, discrimination will be there. Until people discuss and understand different aspects of our life they'll never understand the problems and struggle we go through on a day-to-day basis.
In this respect, the efforts made by a lot of directors and producers must be appreciated for their courage for making short movies. Mainstream movies like Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan must be encouraged and appreciated as people who work tirelessly to create such a masterpiece are not exempted from getting backlashed by the society. Doing something is much better than doing nothing.
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