{"id":2257,"date":"2016-04-13T05:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T23:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/kapoor-and-sons-homosexuality\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:28:38","slug":"kapoor-and-sons-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=2257","title":{"rendered":"What Kapoor & Sons Teaches Bollywood About Coming Out of the Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\nI<\/span>\n\n<\/div>\nn March 2016, the <\/span>Lok Sabha<\/span><\/a> voted <\/span>against <\/span><\/a>Congress MP <\/span>Shashi Tharoor\u2019s <\/span><\/a>introduction of a private member\u2019s bill to decriminalise <\/span>homosexuality<\/span><\/a> for the second time in three months. Unfortunately, his bill that sought to \u201cdecriminalise <\/span>sexual intercourse<\/span><\/a> in private between consenting adults, irrespective of their sexuality or gender\u201d found favour with a measly 14 members, while 58 opposed it. At the time, Tharoor <\/span>blamed<\/span><\/a> the<\/span> BJP <\/span><\/a>for using its \u201cbrute majority\u201d to thwart his attempt, calling India the world\u2019s largest hypocrisy.\n\nEarlier in January that year, a <\/span>humiliated<\/span><\/a> 15-year-old boy set himself on fire in Agra, unable to endure the bullying and shame that followed after a neighbour spotted him with his male partner. The incident that became a tragic reminder of why India needed to address discrimination faced by homosexuals, was followed by an even more potent portrait of a prejudicial society that punished homosexuals for not being like the rest of us. <\/span>Hansal Mehta\u2019s<\/span><\/a> riveting <\/span>Aligarh <\/span><\/i>based on the real-life victimisation of <\/span>gay<\/span><\/a> professor Ramchandra Siras, released in theatres.\n\n

In fact, by hiding his sexuality in plain sight, Kapoor & Sons afforded its gay protagonist a rare complexity that was completely divorced from his sexual orientation.<\/blockquote>\n\nThe silver lining in those dire months, when the prevailing climate fostered viewing homsexuality as \u201cunnatural\u201d appeared in an unlikely source: <\/span>Karan Johar\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Dharma Productions. Just a week after the Lok Sabha chose to side against same-sex relationships, came Shakun Batra\u2019s <\/span>Kapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i>, a brilliantly observed study of the gnawing resentment that <\/span>families<\/span><\/a> silently carry throughout their lives fully knowing the repercussions they have on each other. Starring an eclectic ensemble cast \u2013 Fawad Khan in top form, <\/span>Alia Bhatt<\/span><\/a>, Sidharth Malhotra, Rajat Kapoor, <\/span>Ratna Pathak Shah<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Rishi Kapoor<\/span><\/a> \u2014 the film also became a watershed moment for India\u2019s <\/span>LGBT<\/span><\/a> people and allies, by having a gay character in the lead, and arguably mainstream cinema\u2019s finest <\/span>coming out<\/span><\/a> moment.\n\nKapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i> wasn\u2019t the first instance of a gay protagonist headlining a film offering; In the past, Bollywood has had Deepa Mehta\u2019s <\/span>Fire<\/span><\/i>, Onir\u2019s <\/span>I Am<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>My Brother\u2026 Nikhil<\/span><\/i>, Karan Johar\u2019s short in<\/span> Bombay Talkies<\/span><\/i>, Netflix\u2019s <\/span>Loev<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and of course, <\/span>Aligarh<\/span><\/i>. While all of these stories strive to emphasise the extreme prejudices faced by people in same-sex relationships, they\u2019ve also been conveniently slotted as \u201carthouse films,\u201d attaining little or no box-office success. Barring a few exceptions, these films have also unknowingly furthered the \u201cforeignness\u201d so many of us are guilty of attributing to homosexuality, by focusing on its characters\u2019 uniqueness. For a long time, gay representation in <\/span>Bollywood<\/span><\/a> traversed the \u201cour world vs their world\u201d line.\n\nTo my mind, this is precisely where <\/span>Kapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i> broke new ground. The film featured \u00a0a gay protagonist whose <\/span>sexuality <\/span><\/a>served as a sub-plot instead of being the central conflict in a mainstream film that more or less, centred around him. His homosexuality is incidental to his personality, as he exists among a slew of straight characters who harbour even worse secrets of their own. Even though it forms a part of the conflict toward the end, his sexuality is not spelt out in a dramatic life-changing declaration that mainstream Bollywood films are notorious for. By withholding his orientation until pretty late in the film, <\/span>Kapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i> made it possible to have a gay character whose sexuality neither defined him nor made him any different from the rest of us.\n\n\"Kapoor&Sons1\"\n
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By withholding his orientation until pretty late in the film, Kapoor & Sons made it possible to have a gay character whose sexuality neither defined him nor made him any different from the rest of us.\n<\/p>\n

Image credit: Dharma Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nIt\u2019s a surreal feat, especially in a mainstream film backed by one of Bollywood\u2019s biggest production houses that has the power to influence, if not change mindsets. More so, when you consider the humiliating stereotypes that mainstream Hindi films (including Johar\u2019s own) have embraced in their misguided portrayal of homosexuality; right from <\/span>Saif Ali Khan<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>SRK\u2019s<\/span><\/a> overtly flamboyant act in <\/span>Kal Ho Naa Ho<\/span><\/i>, Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham exploiting it as a prop in <\/span>Dostana<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> to Rishi Kapoor\u2019s egregious OTT act in <\/span>Student of the Year.<\/i>\n\nIn Bollywood’s mainstream heteronormative world where gay characters exist only to perpetuate cliches and be caricatures, Fawad Khan\u2019s Rahul Kapoor is a refreshing anomaly. He is a successful, responsible, <\/span>beer-guzzling<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Chinese food<\/span><\/a>-loving, bad joke-cracking, empathetic elder son, the object of our affection for most of the film. Even his character\u2019s name is a sly nod at the aspirationally masculine legacy <\/span>Bollywood hero<\/span><\/a> name. It\u2019s a clever, albeit quiet, touch that shatters assumptions of manhood.\n\nIn fact, by hiding his sexuality in plain sight, <\/span>Kapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i> afforded its gay protagonist a rare complexity that was completely divorced from his sexual orientation. It tricked audiences into seeing Rahul as one of us, even as he continued to Skype and chat with his <\/span>boyfriend<\/span><\/a>. \n\n\"Kapoor&Sons2\"\n

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\nIn mainstreaming a heteronormative world where gay characters exist only to perpetuate cliches and be caricatures, Fawad Khan\u2019s Rahul Kapoor is a refreshing anomaly.<\/p>\n

Image credit: Dharma Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nOne of the film\u2019s moving moments comes minutes before the reveal when Rahul is in a harmless exchange with his mother Sunita (Ratna Pathak Shah), trying to convince her to come visit him in London. She laughs off his offer and his playful challenge, with an affectionate, \u201cBecause I know you better than anyone else.\u201d It\u2019s at this moment that the frivolity of the exchange swiftly tenses and Fawad wears a look of intense pain \u2013 it foreshadows his mother\u2019s grief when she realises that that isn\u2019t true. \n\nWhen his mother finally confronts him about lying to her about having a girlfriend and expresses disgust at the fact that he isn\u2019t who she thought he was, Rahul delivers the film\u2019s most powerful line: \u201cAapko mere jhoot se gham hai hai ya mere asliyat se (Are you saddened by my lies or by my reality)?\u201d His tearful apology comes with utmost clarity \u2013 he can\u2019t apologise for his sexual orientation. The film articulates in so many words that being gay is as much a part of his identity as being a novelist or an adored son is. What is even more evocative about this moment is the fact that Sunita doesn\u2019t try to change him, even though she takes her own time to come around to understanding him. \n\nThe burden of Rahul\u2019s character in the film, and the consequences of playing it can also be gauged by the fact that <\/span>at least six mainstream actors<\/span><\/a> refused the part of Rahul Kapoor when Johar offered it to them. Which was a great thing, considering how well Fawad Khan \u2013 the object of male and female thirst across demographics \u2013 succeeds in normalising the gay man. And it doesn\u2019t seem to have cast the slightest shadow on his stardom.\n\nIn a way, Sunita\u2019s quiet acceptance of her son in <\/span>Kapoor & Sons<\/span><\/i> directly echoes \u201cthe monologue\u201d from Luca Guadagnino\u2019s <\/span>Call Me By Your Name<\/span><\/i>. Michael Stuhlbarg\u2019s Mr Perlman tells his son Elio in the film\u2019s most emotionally intense exchange to nurse the pain of his heartbreak and feel the full brunt of it, instead of snuffing it out. His revelation of envy and non-judgement for Elio\u2019s \u201cmore than a friendship\u201d with Oliver, is the kind of understanding from a parent that most gay kids can only dream about.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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