Girl on girl action has been a subject of some Bollywood films like Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das' brief lesbian act in Fire.Lisa Ray also played a lesbian in not one but two movies -- I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen. She was cast opposite Sheetal Seth in both films, directed by Shamim Sarif. Sarif, a lesbian herself, is married to her partner, Hanan Kattan. I Can't Think Straight was a comedy about a half British, half Indian girl (Sheetal Seth), who falls for an Arab woman (Lisa). Sheetal, an Anglo-Indian actress, was best remembered for her English movies like Looking For Comedy In A Muslim World and ABCD.While Sheetal's character falls for Lisa's in I Can't Think Straight, in The World Unseen, it's the other way round. Set in South Africa's apartheid movement in the 1950s, The World Unseen is about the lives of two women -- one, a docile housewife, who falls for a free-spirited woman.While we wait for the films to hit Indian shores, lets take a look at films with similar lesbian themes.Sushen Bhattnagar's Monica was loosely based on the life of murdered journalist Shivani Bhatanagar.The movie was about small-town girls, who are ready to do anything to make it big in the city. Sometimes they are forced to find solace in each other's company. Divya who also bares her back in the movie but also performs a lesbian act with Kitu Gidwani.
Girl on girl action has been a subject of some Bollywood films like Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das' brief lesbian act in Fire.Lisa Ray also played a lesbian in not one but two movies -- I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen. She was cast opposite Sheetal Seth in both films, directed by Shamim Sarif. Sarif, a lesbian herself, is married to her partner, Hanan Kattan. I Can't Think Straight was a comedy about a half British, half Indian girl (Sheetal Seth), who falls for an Arab woman (Lisa). Sheetal, an Anglo-Indian actress, was best remembered for her English movies like Looking For Comedy In A Muslim World and ABCD.While Sheetal's character falls for Lisa's in I Can't Think Straight, in The World Unseen, it's the other way round. Set in South Africa's apartheid movement in the 1950s, The World Unseen is about the lives of two women -- one, a docile housewife, who falls for a free-spirited woman.While we wait for the films to hit Indian shores, lets take a look at films with similar lesbian themes.Sushen Bhattnagar's Monica was loosely based on the life of murdered journalist Shivani Bhatanagar.The movie was about small-town girls, who are ready to do anything to make it big in the city. Sometimes they are forced to find solace in each other's company. Divya who also bares her back in the movie but also performs a lesbian act with Kitu Gidwani.