The story is very well done – very natural. The reality show host is also thrown in to bring out the general opinions and the notions that normative stereotypical heterosexual men have towards gay men. It’s a story about father-son relationship and that of a gay husband – wife one. The dad (Arvindswamy) is overheard by his son while he is speaking to his own dad (who is a paralytic) and in the story eventually has to run after his son in order to win back his love.
It was quite a welcome relief to see another side of reality, which is very much prevalent in India, but has been for long swept under the carpet accompanied with an eerie silence vis-à-vis the same.Ī dad who is gay man tries to explain his sexuality to his son while on a road trip to drop him off at his boarding school. Not sure if the movies, Aligarh as well as Kapoor and Sons paved the way to the entry of the gay theme as an important subject in Bollywood or not, but Dear Dad brings in other issues faced by the married gay men in India.
