badhaai do & filmfare and how it affects the queer movement

badhaai do won 6 filmfare awards!! and apart from that, 14 nominations. this is such a welcome surprise to me considering how much the filmfare panders to popular films and celebrities. while i'm convinced that best actor in a supporting role was robbed from gulshan devaiah (who played guru) as well as best dialogues + best director, let's not dwell on that negativity. the war to get same-sex marriage is still on. and i'd like to thank the team for dedicating their awards to the queer community. for those who have been complaining yet again that this was a profitable venture for the people involved, think again about how much it tanked in the box office. and yes, bhumi pednekar has addressed the on-going legal battle for same sex marriage here. i would ask for jaded queer individuals like me to step back and think that there are different ways of coming together to support a social cause. making an entire film is one of them. green lighting such a film is one of them. acting in such a film is one of them. considering what the extremely homophobic government is capable of, we must take all such things into account. and when queer icons like onir also come out in support of badhaai do (btw his red carpet look on filmfare >>>), we should take a page from their book to see where they are coming from. also i went and checked out the team behind badhaai do (not just the actors). apparently the director (harshavardhan kulkarni) and the editor (kirti nakhwa) are already in hot soup with the government since they returned a NATIONAL AWARD a few years back. their reason? the growing intolerance of the government. kinda iconic. and a reminder that this is the same government that routinely sends journalists, activists, historians to jail while dabbling in the same fields and falsifying facts and history. (lmao calling our trauma an "urban elite" problem is so ironic considering they are the urban elites). badhaai do getting the second highest number of filmfare awards is one of the many victories that we have secured. please remind yourself to not alienate any sort of support whatsoever just because it doesn't fit the stereotypical narrative of activism. and after all, activism in art is the most powerful of its kind, is it not?

बधाई दो | BADHAAI DO (2022) dir. Harshavardhan Kulkarni Shardul, a gay cop, and Suman, a lesbian PE teacher, enter a sham marriage to pacify their families, but soon find that relationships — both real and fake — aren’t all that easy (especially once Suman's girlfriend Rimjhim moves in with the happy couple). (link in title)

Bhumi Pednekar as Suman "Sumi" Singh & Chum Darang as Rimjhim Jongkey in Badhaai Do (2022) dir. Harshavardhan Kulkarni

[ID: ten gifs from the film “badhaai do”, the gifs depict various scenes from the film featuring sumi & rimjhim. 

1st gif: sumi is driving a turquoise scooter, rimjhim kisses her cheek before getting on the scooter as well.

2nd gif: they are in bed, rimjhim is sleeping and sumi runs a finger down rimjhim’s nose to her lips.

3rd gif: they are running under the huge gay flag in the pride parade while holding hands. 

4tht gif: sumi feeds rimjhim.

5tht gif: they are coming down the stairs, while holding hands. the stair railings have fairy lights.

6th gif: sumi and rimjhim are dancing, they are both smiling

7th gif: sumi hugs rimjhim, while she pats sumi's back and hair

8th gif: they are in a changing room standing in front of the mirror while looking at their reflection. sumi is holding a black leather jacket close to chest, rimjhim stops looking at sumi’s reflection and looks at sumi instead.

9th gif: they are sleeping on the couch, rimjhim wraps her arm around sumi and sumi holds rimjhim’s arm closer.

10th gif: rimjhim is driving the blue scooter, sumi is seated behind her. sumi leans on rimjhim's shoulder and runs her hands down rimjhim's arms /end ID]

BADHAAI DO MAIN CHARACTERS + NAMES

[ID: four gifs from the film "badhaai do" depicting the meanings of the four main characters' names.

1st gif: suman stands up, wearing a light pink outfit. text reads "suman" in large light brown Hindi-like font, with "a flower; charming" in white subtitle.

2nd gif: rimjhim, dressed in a sari, smiles. text reads "rimjhim" in large indigo Hindi-like font, with "drizzling rain" in white subtitle.

3rd gif: shardul rides a motorcycle while wearing a black helmet and leather jacket. text reads "shardul" in large dark gray Hindi-like font, with "the best; resembling a tiger" in white subtitle.

4th gif: guru walks toward the camera, dressed in a red blazer, white shirt, and pride mask. in the background is a gay wedding. text reads "guru" in large maroon Hindi-like font, with "mentor, guide, master" in white subtitle. /end ID]

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Shardul Thakur is a police officer, who is under constant pressure from his family to get married, but he isn't too keen on the idea because he's gay. Sumi works as a PE teacher and is also being pressured by her family to get married but she is lesbian. She goes to the police to make a harrassment case and meets Shardul. When he guesses that Sumi is lesbian, he proposes a plan: they will get married to get their families off their back. Problems arise, though, when their families continue to meddle in their lives and pressure them to have children.

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BADHAAI DO (2022) dir. Harshavardhan Kulkarni

Bhumi Pednekar as Suman Singh and Chum Darang as Rimjhim Jongkey

Bhumi Pednekar as Suman "Sumi" Singh & Chum Darang as Rimjhim Jongkey in Badhaai Do (2022) dir. Harshavardhan Kulkarni

[ID: eight gifs from the film “badhaai do”, the gifs depict sumi sitting on the couch next to a sleeping rimjhim, and then going to sleep next to her. rimjhim covers sumi with her blanket, and wraps her armp around her. /end ID]

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