New Bollywood film “Bombay Talkies” is billed as a milestone not only for marking 100 years of Indian cinema - it is also one of the country's few mainstream movies ever to have shown a gay kiss.

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The short film from director Karan Johar features a kiss between a young man and his best friend’s husband as part of an exploration of sexual identity and marital discord.

While such scenes in the past may have elicited catcalls in India’s populist single-screen theatres, this time the kiss has been winning applause from audiences, according to gay rights advocate Nitin Karani.

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