Evening Shadows, one of the first-ever queer-themed films to come out of India, has just landed on Netflix and we couldn’t be more excited.
The film about a young man coming out to his family and looking for love made the festival rounds last year, racking up more than a dozen awards as it did so.
The movie also holds a significant place in Bollywood history since director Sridhar Rangayan crowdfunded the production, and because its release happened to coincide after the nation of India decriminalized homosexuality.
“Evening Shadows has been touching hearts and creating a very important bridge between LGBTQ communities and their families across the world,” Rangayan said in a statement.
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“We are happy to continue not only its film festival run, but also continue to explore its exhibition at mainstream platforms.”
Evening Shadows streams on Netflix now.
Watch the trailer below.
Topazme
What…is this a joke…..bollywood just released a lesbian love story EK LADKI KO DEKHA TO AISA LAGA….on valentone day with some of its biggest top billong stars….and even back in 2015 when being gay wasnt even legal yet we had mega hit KAPOOR AND SONS had a gay lead character and in 2006 Priyanka chopra starring DOSTANA had two gay main characters albiet they were faking it and critically acclaimed ALIGARH in 2014 had a gay lead role for which the actor won national award…its funny government gave award to an LGBT role while they didnt legalise homosexuality yet….one of the biggest bollywood producer/director is openly gay and hosts ellen-esque talk show each week….so this is not out of normal….LGBT is quite common in indian society and bollywood…its only that law has catched upto it
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Evening Shadows is not the first Indian LGBTQ film, but the first Indian LGBTQ film released after Sec 377 was read down.