Indian society is less homophobic these days, says 'Aligarh' director

Updated On: 22 February, 2016 08:31 AM IST | | The Hitlist Team

<p>Director Hansal Mehta on Indian society's growing acceptance to 'taboos' during his recent visit to mid-day's office along with his film's writer Apurva Asrani and actors Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao</p>

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From left: Apurva Asrani, Rajkummar Rao, Hansal Mehta and Manoj Bajpayee at the mid-day office

The timing couldn't have been better. The month of February began with the Supreme Court referring a batch of curative petitions against archaic laws criminalising consensual sexual acts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) adults in private, and will end with the release of a film on this 'taboo' topic.

From left: Actors Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee, director Hansal Mehta and writer Apurva Asrani at the mid-day office. Pic/Datta Kumbhar