Okay, I watched the trailer, it’s delightful, now I want to see it too. But I am holding out until I can watch it with a friend because it looks SO squeey and group watching friendly, it would be wasted watching it alone.
Indian film has always been about fantasy, that is, making the impossible possible. And often that revolves around love taboos. If the characters onscreen can convince their rival gangster fathers to make-up, maybe you can have a love marriage with the girl next door. But even in this fantasy world, there are some things that are extra EXTRA impossible.
So I’m throwing it out there for opinions, which of the following do you think is MOST taboo?
Muslim Boy-Hindu Girl romance
Woman Divorcing Her Husband and Finding New Love
Girl-Girl Romance
Boy-Boy Romance
Older Couple Romance
Extramarital Romance
White Boy-Desi Girl Romance
Black Boy-Desi Girl Romance
Older Woman-Young Man Romance
Anything else?
And in the “surprisingly not taboo” category, which do you find MOST “boy I wish this was taboo”:
First Cousin/Niece-Uncle relationships
Much older men and young girls relationships (not talking actor ages, just character)
Oh, and for my answers, I think surprisingly right now same-sex is LESS taboo than either divorced woman romance, or Muslim Boy-Hindu Girl. But most taboo is, and kind of always has been, Black Boy-Desi Girl. The toxic combo of Indian colorism, plus attitudes towards African immigrants to India, plus the racism the West has exported, makes it so so so SO bad. On the other hand, Desi boy-Black Girl isn’t common but I can at least think of an example (Kumbalangi Nights).
