Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Apparently there are no Indian lesbians, otherwise this would not be newsworthy, right?

Oh wait, they must not know about my friend Kamini, who is indeed both Indian and lesbian. Maybe I should alert the authorities.

Story at ShowbizData :


INDIAN ACTRESS PORTRAYS LESBIAN
Monday, March 19 2007
A top Bollywood actress has touched off controversy in
India following word that she will play a lesbian in her forthcoming movie, I
Can't Think Straight, which was recently filmed in England. Indian-Canadian Lisa
Ray, who starred in Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated Water, declined to discuss the
film when contacted by IANS, the Indian wire service. But Aseem Bajaj, director
of photography on the film, remarked that he does not see the subject matter as
controversial -- "not in this day and age." Ray herself is not unfamiliar with
controversy generated by her films. Water sparked violent protests by Hindu
fundamentalists when it began shooting in Varanasi in 2000, forcing the Uttar
Pradesh government to halt additional filming there.

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