Queer Quartet

National Award-winning filmmaker Onir has taken several creative leaps with his queer romance, We Are Faheem & Karun

- Poulomi Das

For Onir, the starting point for We Are Faheem & Karun, his latest Kashmir-set queer romance, began in 2018 when the Supreme Court struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a draconian law that criminalised homosexuality. "At that point, I felt a deep calling as a storyteller to make a film that paid tribute to queer Indians," the National Award-winning filmmaker tells INDIA TODAY. "Until then, all my films that dealt with queer stories had been dark. Of course, I don't think the struggle is over for us. But I wanted to make something lighter."