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Copyright Sridhar Rangayan, 2009
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CREDITS
Title: Ugly Aur Pagli
English Title: Ugly And Mad
Year: 2008
Language: Hindi
Subtitles: English
Genre: Feature / Popular Entertainer
Director: Sachin Khot
SYNOPSIS
It is the story of Kabir, a carefree guy who has been studying engineering for the last 10 years now, whose life goes for a sixer when he meets the quirky and kinky Kuhu. Kabir always wanted a girl to love and to make love but he never in his wildest dreams thought he would encounter a girl who could make him dance around circles, run semi naked, ride cycles without seats, wear high heeled ladies shoes... Oh trust us it gets worse. But the funny part is they actually fall in love with each other and what we get is one of the quirkiest love stories of the year.
QUEER NOTES
The opening sequence of the film shows two opposite sex cross dressers (a man dressed as a woman and a woman dressed as a man) and also a lesbian couple as various possibilities of 'different identities and relationships'. Even in the dance sequences one sees women cavorting with each other freely. In another sequence the protagonist Kabir is asked to wear a skirt, ride a bicycle through busy streets to get her a red rose. But the efforts are more to raise a laugh than any serious intention of representation.
ACTOR/S IN QUEER ROLE
LINKS
Imdb: www.imdb.com/title/tt1132606/
Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Aur_Pagli
queer portrayals in Indian films