Vikram Phukan commented on 'LIST: 100 Queer Films of India (Part 1)'

2011-12-10T06:18:04Z

Hi Kchavda - thanks for your comment. This compilation is actually in four parts. Rafoo Chakkar is in Part 3 (it's an alphabetic list).

here's the link.

http://www.filmimpressions.com/home/2010/04/list-100-queer-films-of-india-part-3.html

KChavda commented on 'LIST: 100 Queer Films of India (Part 1)'

2011-12-09T06:34:57Z

You forgot one movie: Rafoo Chakkar (1975). The 2 lead characters (played by Rishi Kapoor as Dev & Paintal as Salim/Salma) cross dress to protect themselves from goons. Dev falls in love with Ritu (Neetu Singh), while a man (Rajendranath) starts persistently wooing the cross dressed Salim (as Salma), who eventually starts questioning his gender and sexuality. In the end, as far as I remember, both the couples successfully unite. What astonished me most (considering this was in 1975), was the light heartedness with which the movie treated Salim's questioning of his sexuality and his eventual falling in love and acceptance of Rajendranath's advances. But then again, many movies in the 70s & 80s were quite ahead of their time, in comparison to the
90s. (Correct me if I'm wrong on this assumption.)

prem commented on 'LIST: 100 Queer Films of India (Part 1)'

2010-09-01T06:45:39Z

great info

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