Struggling with acceptance from family and society at large, her best friend Ajay (Chandrachur Singh) helps her fight odds and win her family back. Kya Kehna (2000) SourceĪ 2000 family drama, the film shows how Priya, a young feisty teenager gets pregnant, and the father of the child, Rahul (Saif Ali Khan) abandons her. Released in 2002, the film was one of the firsts to bring surrogacy onscreen and was critically acclaimed. It is at the time that Rewa’s best friend Sia (Sushmita Sen) offers to be a surrogate mother, much to the fury of her long-term boyfriend Sahil (Palash Sen). Rewa (Tabu) and Dhruv (Sanjay Suri) are devastated after a miscarriage and find out they cannot conceive on their own. It triggered protests and opened debates around homosexuality and freedom of speech in 1998, after its release in India. Loosely based on Ismat Chughtai’s 1942 story, Lihaaf (The Quilt), it was one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to explicitly show homosexual relations. Sita and Radha are young women whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over them, leading them to explore an intimate, passionate relationship in a traditional orthodox society.Ī 1996 Indian-Canadian romantic drama film, it starred Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das and was directed by Deepa Mehta. Hop onto this journey, as we look as some of the most exemplary films that were way ahead of their times and continue to stand the test of time. But Indian cinema, from its inception, through some of its iconic films, has also served as a mirror to the stark reality of the world. Most consider cinema to be a source of entertainment for the masses that help them escape to a world of fantasy.
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