Gay Representation in Bollywood Films
I recently rewatched Kal Ho Naa Ho, a Bollywood movie, with my little sister and while watching the movie, I came across some interesting gay representation. The plot of the movie revolves around Aman and Naina, the two main leads, falling in love and the obstacle in the face of their relationship. Although none of the movie characters are gay, a repeated joke in the film involves the male lead, Aman, and his friend Rohit, being misidentified as a gay couple by Rohit’s maid. Aman plays into the maid’s misconception by kind of flirting with Rohit, while Rohit stays oblivious to his maid’s assumption about his sexuality. While watching these scenes I was reminded of an episode of Seinfeld that we recently watched in American History Through Pop Culture. In said episode of Seinfeld, Jerry and George are mistaken as a gay couple by a reporter who was interviewing Jerry. Upon realizing this George plays into the assumption a bit while Jerry remains ignorant until much too late into his inte...