Celebrating love in all the colours of the rainbow

Who should love whom is a personal choice. Though same-gender-sex was considered a crime earlier, now has legal protection for consensual love. The major part of the society considers it a sin but in the most part of the world it is getting protection. It is always said that Love is beautiful in all its forms. Love does not discriminate. The month of June signifies Global Pride Month – a month when the world comes together to celebrate love and the freedom to choose who you wish to love. To commemorate this momentous occasion, IMDb will be celebrating love in all the colours of the rainbow, by showcasing some of Indian Cinema’s diverse, gripping and heartwarming stories with an exclusive list which films like Aligarh, Kapoor & Sons, Margarita With a Straw, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhaan etc.

Through the month, tune into IMDb Picks to discover more movies and TV-shows that honor the LGBTQIA+ movement’s roots in public demonstration and connect its history to the present. Aligarh (2015) A gay, linguistics professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.Kapoor & Sons (2016) A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their family and discover that their parents’ marriage is on the verge of collapse, the family is undergoing a financial crunch and much more. My Son is Gay (2017) When Lakshmi discovers her son Varun is gay, her whole life flips upside down. My Son is Gay, explores stigmas present in Indian society and examines the role of tolerance and acceptance. Margarita With A Straw. A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves her home in India to study in New York, unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery. My Brother… Nikhil (2005). Famous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing that he has HIV/AIDS.

Fire (1996). Two women who are abandoned by their husbands, find love and solace in each other. Evening Shadows (2018). Under the ‘Evening Shadows’, truth often plays hide and seek. Set in South India and Mumbai, ‘Evening Shadows’ is a tender heartwarming story about a mother-son bond that has to withstand the ravages of time, distance and truths. Angry India Goddesses (2015). A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family’s home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage. Sancharram (2004). In Sancharram (“The Journey”), Kiran is mortified by her growing lesbian desire for the effervescent Delilah, in an idyllic Indian village where arranged marriage is the only acceptable form of coupling. Aarekti Premer Golpo (2010). The film is explores the relationship between Abhiroop Sen, a Delhi-based transgender documentary filmmaker, whose bisexual lover is the cinematographer of their film.

Bombay Talkies (2013). One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film. 68 Pages (2007). Coming from a country like India that is still in denial, where being HIV+ is still a curse, ’68 Pages’ rips open the underbelly of its society to reveal how it stigmatizes and shuns those who are HIV+ or even those who just want to be what they are. Through 68 Pages of a counselors diary, we see the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an ID user; Kiran, a gay man and Umrao, a trans bar dancer – their stories of pain and fear, humiliation and rejection – not only by the society, but even by their loved ones. While these stories expose the shallowness of the system, it also offers hope and healing by trying to bring about a better understanding of their fight to live with dignity. The film is a tribute to the human spirit of optimism and survival. Chitrangada (2012). Chitraganda: The Crowning Wish, is a lusciously lit and deeply personal drama about a choreographer considering gender-reassignment surgery. The film also explores how gender expression can affect families.

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhaan (2020). This unique love story is based on the lives of two gay men is set to launch on 21st February. The audience can enjoy an extended Valentine’s Day with this most awaited film. Loev (2015). A weekend trip between friends takes a sudden turn, making them each question what love is and what it means to them. Bioscope(2015). Bioscope is a collection of four different stories. All four stories are directed by four different directors in Marathi film industry. In Ravi Jadhav’s short story ‘Mitraa,’ set before India’s Independence, A boy is in love with a girl until he discovers that she is in love with another woman. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019). The film tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a closeted lesbian, and her attempts to come out to her conservative and traditional family.