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Rajkummar Rao: Hope there won’t be any more lavender marriages
Updated On: 03 February, 2022 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
As he plays a gay cop settling for a marriage of convenience in Badhaai Do, Rajkummar urges society to be “way more acceptable” of queer love
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The good news is that the LGBTQiA+ community is finally getting a seat at the table. The bad news is that it comes after decades of suppression and being othered. Rajkummar Rao’s next, Badhaai Do, shows one of the less-explored struggles of queer love on screen —lavender marriage. “It’s sad that even in the 21st century, people are not getting the freedom to live the way they want to. Being gay is a [big] part of their identity, not their [whole] identity. Their sexual preference is none of our concern,” he begins.
Harshavardhan Kulkarni’s directorial venture sees Rao and Bhumi Pednekar’s characters, who have yet to come out of the closet, settle for a marriage of convenience to appease their family. Through the film, the team holds a mirror up to society’s intolerant ways. “Lavender marriage is not the ideal situation to be in, but they get into it because of family pressure. I hope there won’t be any more lavender marriages. I hope our society becomes way more acceptable than it is,” asserts the actor.
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