#Ek Ladki KO Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

[dadboddean]

getting straightbaited is something that can be so healing

[xpsx-8]

Sapphic south asians in media!!

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[dailysapphiccharacters]

Today's sapphic character of the day is Sweety Chaudhary (Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga)

[hatchetation]

I love ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga so damn much!!!! I know there’s some valid criticism of it but I can’t help but be pulled in by the story. And I especially love Sweety because her character seems so passive but really she has a steel core. Like when she’s talking to Sahil about her brother berating her for being with Kuhu and then in the next breath she says she started secretly going to Delhi to meet her despite her brother’s rage…what a badass. That’s someone with a backbone, someone who loves herself and who believes in herself and who knows that being gay is natural.

[lucifers-simp]

I'm still seeking the high I got from watching Badhaai Do, Ek Ladki KO Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (thank you India), 23.5, Ayaka is in love with Hiroko....

Like, so many english movies feel like torture porn, there's a reason why there's so many articles named "lesbian movies where they don't die at the end"

All the love to But I'm a Cheerleader and Imagine Me & You (a bit too 2005, but still good) though

[wlwfilmscenes]

Dancing in movies

[oldtvandcomics]

And some more international queer cinema for those interested.

Another Way (1982) ; Cocoon (2020) ; Margarita with a Straw (2014) ; Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019) ; Rafiki (2018) ; The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)

[toyezu]

[dhyanshiva]

Genuinely pissed that Regina Cassandra is credited as a special appearance when Kuhu is the fulcrum of ELKD?! What rubbish.

[queerstuffonscreen]

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)

121 min.

Country: India

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Language: Hindi (stream with English subtitles)

Sweety has to contend with her over-enthusiastic family that wants her to get married but the ultimate truth is that her love might not find acceptance in her family and society.

Watch on Netflix

[addictivecontradiction]

Ek Ladki ko Dekha toh aisa laga, 2019

[random-bakwaas]

concept: ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga except it's sung by a woman

i would die.

[fionnemrys]

Instantly added this to my watch list.

okay guys, there’s something we need to talk about more.. 

netflix just released the film ‘ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga’ which is an indian movie about a girl who’s into girls and how she gets the courage to come out and face her family and be with the woman she loves. sound familiar? yeah, i know it’s the basic plot of most hollywood lgbtq movies but that’s not the point. 

this is literally the first indian movie i’ve seen on a famous platform, accessible by anyone, that actually represents the lgbtq community in all its beauty and love and affection, rather that scorning or mocking it. 

the movie is beautiful and the scenes and the fluff and the cute couple and the emotions just make it so worth watching, and that’s not all.

i’m an indian bisexual teenager and i would’ve been so happy to have been exposed to a movie like this when i was younger. if i had seen this kind of portrayal in the film industry, i doubt that i would’ve been the afraid young girl i was and i would’ve had the courage to do what the main characters did and just BE MYSELF. 

all i hope is that someone sees this movie, some little girl out there sees it and knows that she is not alone, that she is not abnormal. with a topic such as this, which has been treated as taboo for decades now in my country (still is kinda), when it is actually being represented and being represented well, i can’t help but wanna scream about it from the rooftops. 

also just look at this adorableness:

anywho, REBLOG, SIGNAL BOOST THIS BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

[hatchetation]

I love in ek ladki when kuhu is trying to highlight her brother’s good qualities and sweety literally says NOTHING, just kind of stares, and after half a second kuhu switches tack to highlight HER good qualities