Ka Bodyscapes has been making the rounds at film festivals in Italy, the US, and the UK. But one place it hasn’t been shown is India, which is a little odd, considering that’s where the film is set.
Writer/director Jayan Cherian tells The Hindu that his film “deals with the struggles of Kerala’s [LGBTQ] youth to find a space for themselves and for individual freedom.”
It tells the love story between two men, a painter named Haris and sportsman Vishnu who live in a conservative Indian city.
Ka Bodyscapes was completed back in 2016 but was banned by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for “glorifying homosexuality.”
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After two-and-a-half years of petitioning, the film is finally being released in Cherian’s home country.
“We do not want to sit in silence,” he says. “An artist’s only weapon of resistance is [their] art practice. We need to tell the world that we are alive and refuse to be cowed down.”
Ka Bodyscapes will premiere in the southern state of Kerala this weekend.
Watch the trailer below.
Kangol
I’ll be first in line for this one!
Italicsmine
The movie was banned for “glorifying homosexuality”. Does that mean we’ve been displayed as normal human beings and not some kind of pathetic woebegotten miscreants?
Lacuevaman
“too hot” define your terms
nm4047
before everyone ‘lines up’ to finally see this film, is it entirely Hindi with subtitles, on the basis of it was filmed in Indian with Indian cast it is in Hindi. I’ll wait for the book.
Kangol
I watch Indian films & series on Netflix all the time. No problem with subtitles, which in Indian films can also mean translation not just from Hindi to English, but from a variety of other Indian languages (Malayalam, Tamil, etc.) into English. The series Sacred Games is thrilling and worth watching, and better than the book, I think. Also, LOEV, a gay Indian film that Queerty wrote about a while ago, is on there too.
JH0607
The photos are a turnoff. No thanks.
ingyaom
I thought they were hot!
Kangol
I know, right?
Herman75
LOEV is streaming on Netflix. Great movie from India. Recommended. English language film, if that makes a difference.
Aires the Ram
Is this film available anywhere yet?