![]() There was Chutney Popcorn, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen. There was Fire, the slow-paced family drama that attracted explosive violence in India. Promise.) Shabana Azmi as Radha and Nandita Das as Sita in Fire ( Hamilton Mehta) Trans* representation in Bollywood is far more popular, but also so, so, so problematic. (I am talking about queer ciswomen’s representation. Or rather, more precisely, the lack of queer women in Bollywood. Today I’m here to talk about queer women in Bollywood. But I’m not here to talk to you about that. There are obviously good and bad results of Bollywood fever, like the growing appropriation of South Asian culture in the West and the increasingly sexualized objectification of South Asian women. If there are any that I missed, please comment below.) Most of the movies I reference are in Hindi, but some are not. ![]() ![]() For the purposes of this article, when I say Bollywood, I mean any movie produced and funded in India, regardless of language. (For those in the know, I realize that India’s movie industry is diverse and varied and stuffed full of languages and cultures. Even Netflix is exponentially increasing its Bollywood selection to appeal to Western audiences. Not only is the movie industry huge in India, but Bollywood movies are also screened, bought, and viewed in Indian and non-Indian communities all over the world. I think you all know by now how big Bollywood is.
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