MUMBAI – Gulshan Grover plays a homosexual for his upcoming film Baat Bann Gayi. The badman of Bollywood who has played myriad shades of characters on screen, especially negative, gears up for this challenge.
While the gay community is often ridiculed in Bollywood, Gulshan was very clear where to draw the line when it came to his character.
The actor says, “I was very clear that I would not do anything cheap or vulgar for this film nor wear underwear. When I accepted the part, I said I won’t do anything cheap (like a bath tub scene) or something that had a double meaning. When you are making a family film like how Hrishi da made, it should be entertaining where you cans it with your family and watch. You can have a gay character that is entertaining but it should not be a caricature to be laughed at. Everything is not about sexuality nor should it be an attack on gays”.
Adding, “You can have gaalis and full naked scenes in a film. There are haves and have nots. There is a market for pizza films and then you have the dal, roti sensibility. It’s like a five star hotel existing next to a slum. Both have financial stability”.
