A Bengali documentary made in 2019 has, over the past few months, emerged as one of the most salient mouthpieces of the queer community in India after its screening was cancelled at the Ravenshaw Film Festival in Cuttack in March following the recent hearing on same-sex marriage in the Supreme Court.
In the past four months, Gay India Matrimony, directed by Kolkata filmmaker Debalina Majumder, has been shown in some 50 reputed institutions across the country, with the latest screening held at the historic Sanskrit College and University in Kolkata on Wednesday.
It was also shown in Jadavpur University; Presidency University; TISS Mumbai, Hyderabad Central University; Centre for Studies in Social Sciences and Institute for Development Studies (both in Kolkata); and Auroville Film Institute — to name a few.
