The timing couldn't have been better. The month of February began with the Supreme Court referring a batch of curative petitions against archaic laws criminalising consensual sexual acts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) adults in private, and will end with the release of a film on this 'taboo' topic.

From left: Actors Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee, director Hansal Mehta and writer Apurva Asrani at the mid-day office. Pic/Datta Kumbhar