The Latest Trend in Bollywood is Going Gay

A lot of taboos are being broken in Bollywood today. Kissing on screen is no longer frowned upon. Protagonists actually have grey shades. Having live-in relationships and pre-marital sex is no longer the preserve of villains.

For years the word gay was all but banned in the oh-so-straight world of Bollywood, where heroes were always blue-blooded heterosexuals, with a harem of girls at their feet while heroines had eyes only for the opposite sex.

It is perhaps a reflection of the way in which Indian society has become more open that even Bollywood is now being inclusive.

The new Abhishek Bachchan-John Abraham film “Dostana” shows the two protagonists pretending to be gay, complete with a dance sequence in the moonlight.

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