Writer Pritham Bhatia opens up about the impact of Stephen Frears’ 1985 classic
For Esquire's queer cinema series, writer Pritham Bhatia opens up about the impact of the 1985 classicAs an awkward, self-conscious 15-year-old, riddled with queer desires that I was yet to act upon, I remember watchingat my Pakistani grandmother’s house. I was alone. I waited until after she had gone to bed, and I watched with a sense of amazement that a mainstream film about a gay Pakistani immigrant falling in love with a handsome, British gang member even existed.
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