KOLKATA: From author Devdutt Pattanaik and film-maker Hansal Mehta to actress Nimisha Sajayan and actor Riddhi Sen, a large number of people from both within LGBTQIA community and outside have come out in support of Onir whose script on a gay soldier was not approved by MoD recently. While Mehta described the incident as “sad and regressive”, Pattanaik tweeted saying: “Gay Indian soldiers are not allowed to love. Kshatriyas are supposed to be brave, not puritanical”.
Sachin Ujjwal, the ADG strategic communication of IHQ of MoD (Army), wrote an email to the director on Wednesday stating that the “content of the script received via email dated 16 December 2021 has been analyzed in detail. It is regretted to inform that the script has not been cleared by IHQ of MoD (Army). Wishing you best of luck in all the future endeavours”. Calls to Ujjwal from TOI on this went unanswered till the time of going to the press.
