Pride Month 2023: From Badhaai Do to Aligarh, queer stories in cinema

Bollywood has often depicted several inspiring and distinctive LGBTQ films that have had an influence on viewers

On Pride Month this year, take a look at Bollywood films that depicted homosexuality with pride

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga - Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao's film depicted the narrative of a same-sex love relationship

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan - Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar's film also highlighted the topic of same-sex marriage

Badhaai Do - Bhumi Pednekar and Chum Darang's film depicted the little-discussed topic 'lavender marriage'

Aligarh - The film was based on Professor Ramchandra Siras, played by Manoj Bajpayee, who was banned from Aligarh University after being caught having intimate relations with a rickshaw driver

Margarita With A Straw - Kalki Koechlin's film highlights homosexuality and disability, both of which frequently provide challenges in the lives of individuals affected

Kapoor & Sons - A significant part of this film was about how the family accepts Fawad Khan’s character Rahul Kapoor’s sexuality

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui - While many movies have been made about same-sex couples, very few explore transgenders. Vaani Kapoor was seen in an unusual role as a transwoman

Maja Ma - Madhuri Dixit Nene plays Pallavi Patel, a closeted lesbian, whose identity reveal threatens to shatter the relationships around her

Bombay Talkies - Karan Johar's segment in the film, Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh, revolved around a gay man named Avinash, played by Saqib Saleem

My Brother... Nikhil - Onir’s debut film My Brother…Nikhil dwells into the topic of HIV AIDS and homosexuality in the Indian society

Fire - It is one of Bollywood's first few films that sincerely approaches the subject of homosexuality in Indian cinema

I Am - An anthology of four short films based on real-life stories depicting the fear associated with the social issue that each of the characters struggles with