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Rainbow bathed in all shades of reality
Updated On: 21 November, 2023 01:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Letty Mariam Abraham
Creating Rainbow Rishta to depict that the aspirations and dreams of the queer community are no different from the rest of us, director Jaydeep Sarkar discusses how authentic representation was his top priority
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It’s astonishing, really. So many things, big and small, that we take for granted, are a battle for the LGBTQiA+ community. It has been an ongoing fight for the queer community—a fight that has seen some milestone wins, like when the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in 2018, and has suffered severe blows, as in the case of the apex court refusing to grant legal recognition to marriages between same-sex couples this year. But the community marches on to reach a place where they will be treated as true equals, and more importantly, to reach a place of unquestioned love. It is this place that director Jaydeep Sarkar gives us a glimpse of, with Rainbow Rishta. The docu-series narrates six heartwarming and real stories of love where the protagonists across the queer spectrum move mountains to make their impossible dreams come true.
Bridging the distance between how they are represented in mainstream media and their reality was a top priority, admits Sarkar, who, along with Shubhra Chatterji and Hridaye A Nagpa, directed the documentary. He says the idea was to depict that the queer community—with their aspirations and heartbreak—is not different from any of us. “The intention was the need to break away from the pervasive habit of ‘othering’ any community that is on the fringes. It is so inherent in us that sometimes we don’t even realise that we are doing it. The community within themselves doesn’t see themselves with that label,” says Sarkar, who belongs to the LGBTQiA+ community. The director received many congratulatory calls, with people telling him that the series was “eye-opening”. “What is eye-opening about a gay couple in Bengaluru going around their house, doing laundry and dishes? Our lives are as mundane or fulfilling as anyone else’s. Yes, we do have a lot of challenges, but we fight back with glitter.”
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