Indian LGBT : Gay and Lesbian movies from India and Sri Lanka : (भारत and ශ්රී ලංකාව)
A Cinematographic Anthology 1996-2024
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- DirectorAmol PalekarStarsNirmal PandeySonali KulkarniFaiyyazSet on the north eastern coast of India this unusual Indian film mixes the genres of Bollywood (the song) with a toght hard hitting look at Indian society looking at areas of women's place in Indian village society, cross dressing, rape and the history of Indian folk song. These provocitive issues are woven into a story using folk songs to tell the story and in one memorable scene poking fun at the Bollywood style musical number.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsShabana AzmiNandita DasKarishma JhalaniTwo women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
- DirectorKaizad GustadStarsNaveen AndrewsRahul BoseAlexander GiffordThree men from Western origins are embroiled in gang wars, homosexuality and love after arriving in Mumbai with their own motives.
- DirectorDev BenegalStarsRahul BoseLaila RouassShivaji SatamA search for a lost street girl amid exposés of modern sexual behavior in Bombay and a water Mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide open' of the Indian glamour capital.
- DirectorSumitra BhaveSunil SukthankarStarsMita VashishtMilind GunajiUttara BaokarThe story interweaves plotlines featuring a slum dweller with AIDS, a Naval officer who gets a blood transfusion, and a doctor who traces the tainted blood to a corrupt blood-bank manager.
- DirectorMahesh DattaniStarsRinke KhannaDarius TaraporewalVeena SajnaniGay fashion designer Kamlesh, still reeling from a recently-ended relationship, invites a group of friends for dinner for a special announcement. However, the situation worsens when Kamlesh's sister arrives with her new fiancé, a man with a deep secret.
- DirectorAsoka HandagamaStarsAnoma JanadariGayani GisanthikaMahendra PereraIn order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife.
- DirectorSridhar RangayanStarsEdwin FernandesRamesh MenonRishi RajA unique film coming from India where homosexuality is still taboo, The Pink Mirror (Gulabi Aaina), is a colorful funny look into the Indian homosexual closet.
- DirectorLigy J. PullappallyStarsSuhasini V. NairShrruiti MenonK.P.A.C. LalithaIn 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.
- DirectorSangeeth SivanStarsTusshar KapoorRiteish DeshmukhIsha KoppikarKaran and Rahul are fashion designers and surives on food of others functions. But some twists and confusion changes their life.
- DirectorOnirStarsSanjay SuriJuhi ChawlaPurab KohliFamous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsShwetaApeksha BhatBobby DarlingSwetha, 13, discovers that her uncle Gautham dresses as a woman once night has fallen. Intrigued, she asks him about him, and he confesses her that his dream would be to escape to Koovagam, a little city in the South of India, where transvestites gather to perpetuate the myth of Aravan. Once he disappears, Swetha goes after him, without warning her parents...
- DirectorSridhar RangayanStarsPremjitJack LamportPratik GandhiTwo Brits, Ravi and Paul travel to India where they meet Murthy and Anna an older gay couple that have managed to form a partnership and live together for over 20 years. When Ravi meets and falls for Mani an Indian national who is betrothed to be married. He turns to the older couple for advise and help but traditions die hard in India.
- DirectorSridhar RangayanStarsMouli GangulyJoy SenguptaJayati BhatiaComing 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 transgender 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.
- DirectorAnurag BasuStarsDharmendraGautam KapurIrrfan KhanSix different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.
- DirectorTarun MansukhaniPunit MalhotraStarsAbhishek BachchanJohn AbrahamPriyanka Chopra JonasTwo straight guys pretend to be gay in order to secure a Miami apartment. When both of them fall for their roommate Neha, hilarity ensues as they strive to convince one and all that they're gay whilst secretly trying to win her heart.
- DirectorMadhur BhandarkarStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasKangana RanautMugdha GodseA small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that her glamorous new life has a price.
- DirectorAnurag SinghStarsShahid KapoorRani MukerjiAnupam KherIn a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera puts on a turban and beard and becomes Veer to fulfill her dreams and meets Rohan. And fun begins.
- DirectorDeepti NavalStarsRajit KapoorManisha KoiralaSanaj NavalWhen a sex worker hires a gay songwriter to care for her disabled son, the ensuing bonds that form offer a complex portrayal of love and family.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyRituparno GhoshStarsRituparno GhoshChapal BhaduriIndraneil SenguptaThe movie is about a Delhi base trans gender documentary filmmaker Abhiroop Sen and his bisexual lover cinematographer. They wanted to make a documentary on the life of famous "Jatra" actor "Chapal Bhaduri" But doing so Sen recognized that his life resemble Chapal's life. The movie revolves around the trauma, the pressure,the setbacks, heartache and several situations faced by trans gender.
- DirectorSanjay SharmaStarsZeenat AmanKabir BediHazel CroneyTwo men fall in love but struggle to be in a relationship openly in society.
- DirectorOnirStarsJuhi ChawlaRahul BoseRadhika ApteFour traumatic and life-changing stories in various parts of modern secular India.
- DirectorRavi JadhavStarsAtul KulkarniKishore KadamSonalee KulkarniA poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
- DirectorRohit DhawanStarsAkshay KumarJohn AbrahamDeepika PadukoneTwo friends lose their jobs, then part bitterly after they get exposed as male strippers.
- DirectorSonali GulatiStarsSonali GulatiA documentary on gay and lesbian families living in India.