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Gay Film News: A new film promoted as Indian cinema's first gay love story has fallen foul of the censors.
By: Nigel Robinson
Sharma and Parasher
Sharma and Parasher
Indian "Brokeback Mountain" censored
27 September 2010
The film Dunno Y… Na Jaane Kyun (Don’t Know Why) is believed to be the first Indian film to show a gay sex scene.
However, the Indian Censor Board has demanded that its director, Sanjay Sharma, remove several kissing scenes between stars Kapil Sharma and Yuvraaj Parasher.
They have also asked him to delete a lingering love-making scene between the two men.
The director’s brother and star of the movie, Kapil Sharma, who is straight, said:
“Why should the Censors be scandalised if two men are kissing and making love?
“My sequences with my screen partner go as far as the scenes showing a guy and a girl doing it in our films.
“And let me tell you, some of these heterosexual scenes are extremely vulgar. The ones in my film are very aesthetic.
“And so what if it’s two men making love? Love is love regardless of gender.”
