Ariztical Entertainment has announced the November 2nd VOD release of the gay Indian feature film Ka Bodyscapes. This second feature by filmmaker Jayan Cherian
was originally banned from screening in India by the Central Board of
Film Certification due to "glorifying gay relationships", among other
politically and religiously controversial subject matter including
women's rights. After a year and half of court battles, the
film finally received an adult certification earlier this year, and
recently screened in India coincidentally on the backdrop of the
historic Indian Supreme Court ruling of the decriminalization of
same-sex relations. Filmmaker Cherian commented on the historic ruling
stating that it is "the beginning of a new revolution in our social system."
In the city of Calicut in the Indian state of Kerala, the
film follows three young people grappling with entrenched structures of
patriarchy - the free-spirited painter Haris, his love interest and
friend, the athletic, mild-mannered Vishnu, and a fiery young woman,
Sia. The film cuts out a slice of the contemporary Indian region,
recreating the struggles of the young to gain space in the face of Hindu
right-wing aggression and class oppression in their community.
