In recent years, Indian cinema has been impressive, and there have been quite a few fine works. "Three Fools Bollywood", "Wrestle! Daddy", "Little Lori's Monkey God Uncle", "Tuner", etc., have all achieved good results at the box office and word of mouth.
Stills from "Little Lori's Uncle Monkey God"
In Indian films such as "Mysterious Superstar" and "Toilet Hero", the low status of Indian women in India is presented, and it seems that India is a very backward country, but "My God! Films such as "Stars on earth" and "Three Fools Bollywood" reflect extremely advanced concepts of education and thought, so Indian cinema is actually far ahead of its national conditions.
On February 21, 2020, a new film released in India was once again impressive.
<h1 class= pgc-h-center-line > True Rise</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line">（《Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan》）</h1>
"True Hero" is the first gay commercial film in the history of Indian cinema, and it is a landmark for Indian cinema. The so-called gay commercial films, that is, commercial films with same-sex themes, combine niche themes with commercial markets, and are full of pioneering. Looking around the world, there are very few gay commercial films, and the more typical is "Love You, Simon" released in the United States in 2018.
Like Love You, Simon, True Hero has achieved impressive market success in India. After the film's release, it grossed Rs 327 million (about RMB31.8 million) in its first weekend, successfully topped the box office. It can be seen that Indian local audiences are quite supportive of this same-sex theme commercial film.
At the same time, the reputation of the film is also very strong. At present, the film has received a rating of 7.6 on Douban, and Chinese audiences who have seen the film have not hesitated to praise, "a milestone under Bollywood's unique business model", "China's cinema line is about to be introduced, let Chinese audiences open their eyes, India has begun to shoot gay theme commercial popcorn comedies!" "In a way unique to Indian cinema, the first gay commercial film in history is interpreted, which is a cross-era significance."
Why is it a way unique to Indian cinema?
Because this film is still indispensable to the style of singing and dancing, whenever the contradictions in the plot are stimulated, the film will dissolve this contradiction through relaxed, pleasant, eye-catching songs and dances. But compared to Indian song and dance films that generally exceed 120 minutes, the length of the film is still "normal", only 119 minutes.
The plot of "True Hero Rise" is not complicated, it is a story about "coming out". A gay couple living in Mumbai, the cheerful and brash Khadik and the reserved and introverted Harman, return to their hometown to attend their cousin's wedding. Harman's scientist father learned of their love affair by chance, so he united with the entire family and began to "beat the Mandarin Duck" and arranged an arranged marriage for his only son, Harman. When Harman decides to accept his destiny, Kardick does not concede defeat, and he begins to confront Harman's father in a unique way.
The actor who plays Kadik, Ayushmann Khurrana, is a household name in India, and he is known as the "Indian Peng Yuyan" with his handsome appearance and strong figure, and in 2018, the suspense thriller "Tuner" starring him pushed his acting career to the peak. He played a blind tuner in "The Tuner", but in "True Male Rise", he changed his image and played a bold and affectionate homosexual. In the film, Ayusman Kurana even has a song and dance scene wearing a rainbow flag and bare upper body, and the audience has commented that "every one of his abs reveals a riot." From "The Tuner" to "True Male Rise", Ayusman Kurana showed his business skills and professional ethics as an actor, and he also mentioned in an interview that the same-sex kiss in "True Male Rise" is of great significance to India's marriage equality and the expansion of the theme of Indian films, so he will not feel cramped and uneasy because of the kiss scene.
Like most Indian films, "True Hero" is still focused on the most authentic emotions that directly hit the audience's heart. In addition to the theme of "coming out", the film also combines the historic judgment of the Supreme Court of India on whether homosexuality is a crime after September 2018, thus combining personal fate with the torrent of the times, and in the film, this eventually prompts the protagonist Harman's family to truly accept the "forbidden love" of Kardik and Harman.
More importantly, "True Male Rise" is a comedy that is enough to be happy enough, and many of the lines in the film have an immediate comedic effect. For example, Harman's cousin, after learning of his cousin's relationship, immediately checked Google and told his uncle, "Google says that homosexuality is not a disease", but Harman's father replied to him without anger, "Are you on Google or our side?" For example, Haman's father actually threw up after seeing Haman and Kadik kiss passionately, and after that, he wanted to throw up every time he saw his son - this is indeed a "real human" plot, but after an interpretation by Gajraj Rao, an old Indian drama bone, it has an unexpected comedic effect.
In addition to comedy, this film leaves people with immortal thoughts about family, love, and family affection. In the film, Kardic once said to Harman such a dialogue, "We are fighting every day in our lives, and fighting with our families is the most difficult and dangerous thing", who can not be touched by such dialogue? Another example is Haman's uncle asking Cardick, "How did you gay come about?" Cardick asked, "Then how did you heterosexuality come about?" The uncle replied, "Nothing is formed that does not form, we are born like this", and after saying this, the uncle seems to understand the meaning of Cardick's rhetorical question.
Coincidentally, Vietnam has also recently produced a gay film "Goodbye, Mom" about "coming out", which also focuses on the relationship between family and love in the gentle and tender narrative. Whether it is "Goodbye, Mom" or this "True Hero", I believe it will leave its own mark on the history of cinema.
Author: Xian Hao
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