The first male gay kiss in a mainstream Bollywood movie

“Dunno Y … Na Jaane Kyun” or “Don’t Know Why” is not your usual “3 ekar” Bollywood movie. It is the Asian version of Brokeback Mountain, with “serious and explicit relationship between two men.”

Hmm… definitely controversial. And the actors must’ve been busy ensuring they’re in top cosmetic condition, a blackhead extractor one of the tools of the trade.

Promo poster:

Scheduled for release in May 2010, it fill feature the first male gay kiss in a mainstream Indian film, and the director, Sanjay Sharma expects it to pass through censors, because in 2009 a High Court ruling basically made homosexuality legal in India. Never mind that same-sex intimate relationships are still very much taboo in India, and Asia in general.

One of the male leads is played by Kapil Sharma (the director’s brother), who’s apparently straight, and had the following to say about the kissing scene:

Me and my co-actor were hesitant and feeling somewhat odd about the whole thing but the director told us to be sincere in our role. Added to that, during my first scene – a gay party – my parents turned up on set. I was wearing these hot shorts and a jacket. These drag queens were all around me so that was definitely very awkward. But, after three or four days I became immune to who was there.

The plot revolves around a male model who goes to Mumbai to seek his fortune, where he met, and starts a relationship with another guy.

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