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Every year June is celebrated as 'Pride Month' in support of LGBTQ. Bollywood has also made some films that represent the LGBTQ community. Even though these films may not have earned much at the box office, the special message of these movies must have forced the audience to think once. These films work to show the mirror to the society. Let's take a look at 8 such films.

This list includes names ranging from Manoj Bajpayee's Aligarh to Ayushman Khurana's 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui'. There is also a multi-starrer film in this list, in which many stars including Alia Bhatt were involved.

1. Aligarh

Director- Hansal Mehta

Cast- Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkumar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi

The film 'Aligarh' released in 2016 is based on a real incident. In this film, Manoj Bajpayee was seen in the role of Professor Ramchandra Siras. Professor Ramchandra was banned from the university due to homosexual relations. In this, Rajkumar Rao was seen in the role of journalist Deepu Sebastian.

2. Congratulate

Director- Harshvardhan Kulkarni

Cast- Rajkumar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Sheeba Chaddha, Gulshan Devaiah

Another film of Rajkumar Rao 'Badhaai Do' is also included in this list. 'Lavender Marriage' is shown in this picture of Bhumi Pednekar and Rajkumar Rao. 'Lavender Marriage' can be called that marriage where two people (male-female) marry each other so that they can hide their sexuality from the society.

3. Kapoor & Sons

Director- Shakun Batra

Cast- Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah

The multi-starrer film 'Kapoor and Sons' was released in the year 2016. Stars like Rishi Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah and Fawad Khan were seen in lead roles. In this film, Fawad played the character named Rahul who is homosexual.

4. Shubh Mangal More Careful

Director- Hitesh Kewalya

Cast- Ayushmann Khurana, Jitendra Kumar

Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan', released in the year 2020, beautifully depicts the story of a homosexual couple. The film received a decent response from the audience and proved to be a semi-hit at the box office. The lifetime collection of the film was around Rs 63 crore.

5. When I saw a girl, I felt like this

Director- Shelly Chopra Dhar

Cast- Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkumar Rao, Juhi Chawla, Regina Cassandra, Akshay Oberoi

'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' was released in the year 2019. In this film, Sonam Kapoor played the role of a girl who falls in love with a girl and just like every love story faces difficulties, in this story too, the society and family refuse to accept their relationship. But then something happens in the picture due to which their family finally agrees to this relationship.

6. Margarita with a Straw

Director- Shonali Bose

Cast- Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, William Moseley

Two important issues have been discussed in 'Margarita with a Straw'. First disability and second homosexuality. Kalki Koechlin's strong acting was seen in this. In the role of Laila, Kalki played the role of a girl who is a lesbian, that is, she is not interested in boys but in girls. Due to disability and being a lesbian, Laila has to endure a lot from the society.

7. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

Director- Abhishek Kapoor

Cast- Ayushmann Khurrana, Vaani Kapoor

'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' was released in the year 2021. This film openly talks about homosexual relationships. The story of the movie is that Ayushmann Khurrana's character falls in love with a girl who transforms from a boy to a girl after surgery. When Ayushmann Khurrana's character finds out the truth about his partner, he is shocked and wants to break the relationship.

8. Cobalt Blue

Director: Sachin Kundalkar

Cast: Prateik Babbar, Nilay Mehendale

The last name in this list is 'Cobalt Blue'. This picture was released in the year 2022. This film is based on a novel written with the same title. Its story is such that both brother and sister fall in love with the paying guest who comes to stay at their house.