Curated for Pride Library, University of Western Ontorio, Canada
Copyright Sridhar Rangayan, 2009
Please write to us for permission to use any text on this site
DISCLAIMER: All interpretations and readings is by the author. All the images and videos on this site have been used only for reference, collated from sources on the internet.
CREDITS
Title: Laawaris
Year: 1981
Language: Hindi
Subtitle: English
Genre: Feature / Popular Entertainer
Director: Prakash Mehra
SYNOPSIS
The smoldering young Amitabh Bachchan plays Vijay, the illegitimate child of a wealthy businessman and a beautiful singer. Abandoned as an infant and raised largely by a shiftless drunk, Vijay is now grown up and, unbeknownst to everyone, working for his own father. In order to marry his true love Mohini (Zeenat Aman), however, he's going to have to find out what his true ancestry is--even if doing so throws everybody's life into chaos.
QUEER NOTES
Bollywood�s superstar Amitabh Bacchan dons a saree and cross-dresses to sing and dance to the number �Mere Angane Mein tumhara kya kaam hai� (What business you have in my backyard)� The film industry has had a long tradition of comic sequences or songs featuring effeminate and cross-dressing male stars. But these portrayals have been largely perceived as elements of comic relief and don�t interfere with the main plot.
ACTOR/S IN QUEER ROLE
Amitabh Bacchan (cross dressing for a song)
LINKS
Imdb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0082644/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawaaris
queer portrayals in Indian films