Movies based on Gays and Lesbians!

In Fire marriage was portrayed to be a custom that is bound for women. It is a movie which focuses on the tale of two women Radha (Shabana Azmi) and Sita (Nandita Das). They are married due to different circumstances, however, their sexual needs remain unfulfilled as their husbands are too busy in their lives. They started off as in-laws, but eventually realize their love for each other. The movie was released in 1996 and then re-released in 1998. A movie by Deepa Mehta, Fire sensitively approaches the idea of two women falling in love with each other much to the chagrin of their family especially their husbands, but it proved that in the end love is above all.

This is yet another movie that focus on the relationship between two women Tanya (Eesha Kopikkar) and Sapna (Amrita Arora) who live together, but their live takes a complete U-turn when Rahul (Ashish Chowdhry) enters their life. Sapna falls for Rahul and separates from Tanya, but Tanya is unwilling to let Sapna go. Tanya's possessiveness towards Sapna is depicted in rest of the film. While this film is not something we would recommend for a true portrayal of lesbian relationships, it does highlight how sometimes a relationship can change and what effect it has on the previous relationship, especially when the relationship is something as sensitive as a lesbian relationship.

This film focuses on Nikhil Kapoor (Sanjay Suri) who is rejected by his father after he is discovered to be HIV positive. Nikhil is helped along in this difficult phase by his sister, Anamika (Juhi Chawla), along with his best friend and lover, Nigel (Purab Kohli). While this movie focused less on the love, it was nonetheless a prominent aspect of the movie. My Brother...Nikhil (2005) was much more about the life of a HIV person who undergoes trauma, psychological strangeness, and the hard form of the society in being ostracized.

Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun (2010) depicts a relationship between a married man and a single man. This film highlights how a man with a lower social background defies another man.  The story's major focus is on how both these men form a relationship of love and care. Though the society disapproves of this idea, they decide to live for each other. This film has won myriads of appreciation of the protagonist Yuvraaj Parashar, for his portrayal of a peculiar gay man. This movie took the industry by a storm for its controversial portrayal of the relationship between two men and particularly for a lovemaking scene between the two men yet it once again portrays how love knows no boundaries.

How can any list be complete without the ever hilarious 2008 blockbuster, Dostana? While this film may not have showcased a true relationship, it still had several aspects of the life of a gay man that we just cannot ignore. Two good looking men Sameer Kapoor (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal Chopra (John Abraham) have the urge to live in an exotic apartment, however the owner denies them since it's for her relative Neha (Priyanka Chopra) who can only live with girl housemates. This leads Kunal and Sameer to lie that they are gay. The movie goes on to showcase Boman Irani as a real gay along with a gay residence officer. The film won accolades for its comedy, but also for its portrayal of the life a gay man as being someone special so much so that there was a special line for them when they were filing a residency permit.