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The Romance of Siblinghood in Bombay Cinema

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00856401.2012.703794

1479-0270

Ruth Vanita,

Socioeconomic Development in Asia

Bombay cinema endows non-sexual relationships, such as friendship and siblinghood, with a passionate intensity that equals that of sexual relationships, thus resisting a complete takeover of the emotional realm by heterosexual coupledom. Choosing sibling, friend or community over a spouse need not be seen only as retrogressive self-sacrifice; it can also be seen as choosing stronger, longer-standing relationships over newer, more flimsy ones. Films such as Naam, Bombai ka Babu and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham explore the joys and costs of different types of romantic feeling, many of which are not sexual, but are just as powerful.