Sridhar Rangayan filmmaker, activist and director of the well-known annual film festival Kashish, looked forward to the annual showcase of cinema on the queer calendar, was also a petitioner in the same-sex marriage rights case, with partner Saagar Gupta. A disappointed Rangayan said, “Taken aback may seem trite to describe this hollow feeling but let me put it that way:  we didn’t expect this from the highest court in India. In fact, I simply do not get it, this was the bench that was supposed to determine the rights.”