Actor Sayani Gupta feels glad to see that Indian viewers has advanced through the years and began negating the stigma round LGBTQIA+ content material in movies and reveals. However, she is fast to say that she didn’t not care in regards to the acceptance of the viewers when she performed actor Kalki Koechlin’s love curiosity in Margarita With A Straw (2013).
“I did it because it’s a good part and a great script. I know a lot of people said no to that role because they were scared. I never saw any merit to that thought at all, because it depends on who you are, and what you believe in. It shouldn’t be a stigma for anybody. I don’t think it makes any sense to even think about these things,” she continues, “As an actor, your job is to find a good part and then do it truthfully, to the best of your ability. Not doing a part like this is pure dumb, is what I feel.”
On whether or not she did any extra analysis or preparation to play a gay character, Sayani reveals, “I went to New York and I used to go and sit in gay bars every day. I did it for two weeks and it was very weird. It was very eye opening for me and a bit of a new thing. There were things that I was seeing and learning for the first time. It was extremely educational, not just in terms of what is possible, but how free the world can be. We as people have to be empathetic and mindful of becoming more and more inclusive.”
Looking again, the actor is considerably comfortable to see issues within the final one decade since her movie launched. “Nowadays, the younger as well as the older generation is becoming much more aware, open, and inclusive. People have become way more acceptable in the last 10 years. We are walking in the right direction, we haven’t started running yet. But walking is important so you can run,” the actor shares metaphorically.
Having spent sufficient years within the business, Sayani says she has usually come throughout actors who’re homosexual or bisexual, however haven’t come out but. “As far as that is concerned, nobody can tell you when to come out, because it’s a very personal choice and decision. But, I also understand that in India, a lot of people are scared to come out because that would affect their following, especially their fans from the other gender. That’s very unfortunate. And it’s not on them. It’s on us to make a safe and secure environment, as people, as film goers and as a society to give them that space to come out and be their real selves.”
The Four More Shots Please! actor refers back to the ongoing case of legalisation of gay marriages, and asserts that it’s about one’s primary human rights. “And if the government can’t provide that to each and every citizen irrespective of their gender, or sexual orientation, it’s extremely disgusting. We have to all come together and create that safe space for our peers, our fellow members of the LGBTQIA+ community,” she ends.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com