'Heartbreaker',
'Casanova'
and
'Greek
God'
are
just
some
of
the
terms
that
the
ageless
Milind
Soman,
has
often
been
associated
with.
Its
common
knowledge
that
he
has
always
been
associated
with
being
a
gay
icon,
for
quite
a
long
time,
a
slot
that
was
eventually
'replaced" by
the
likes
of
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Abhishek
Bachchan.
But,
as
the
saying
goes,
'Being
gay
is
one
and
a
being
gay
icon
is
another".
Of
all
the
things
on
the
face
of
the
earth,
can
anyone
take
a
wild
guess
about
the
connection
between
Milind
and
Harjat
Gill,
an
Indian
born
doctoral
student
of
cultural
anthropology,
who
had
shifted
to
San
Francisco
at
the
age
of
14?
Well,
one
has
to
be
more
than
a
rocket
scientist
to
be
answering
this
question.
The
answer
is
that
Gill
is
the
director
of
a
27-minute
film,
which
has
been
made
under
the
banner
of
Tilotama
Productions
titled
Milind
Soman
Made
Me
Gay!
This
film
was
recently
screened
in
Mumbai
and
at
Nigah
Film
Festival
in
New
Delhi,
besides
Australia
and
San
Francisco.
Gill
hopes
that
after
watching
his
film,
people
will
wake
up
to
the
fact
that
it"s
very
difficult
for
the
gay
community
to
survive
in
a
'normal"
world
that
refuses
to
see
homosexuals
in
a
good
light.
He
has
also
given
references
of
the
infamous
case
filed
against
Milind
Soman
for
appearing
nude
in
the
Tuff"s
shoes
advertisement.
Though,
the
story
does
have
Milind
as
its
USP
factor
but
it
has
something
more
to
talk
about,
on
the
whole.
In
this
film,
Gill
has
tried
to
explore
the
time
and
tested
topic
of
the
bad
treatment
meted
out
at
the
homosexuals,
who
are
also
considered
to
be
a
taboo.
Gill
has
tried
to
create
a
positive
platform
for
such
people
through
the
medium
of
this
film.
Gill"s
film
revolves
around
three
South
Asian
gay
men
residing
in
U.S,
trying
to
discover
their
true
identity
and
create
a
place
called
'home".
The
film
tries
to
exonerate
the
society"s
stereotypical
'I-give-a-damn"
attitude
towards
homosexuality
and
that
being
gay
is
nothing
to
be
ashamed
or
embarrassed
about.
Besides
the
issue
of
gays,
this
film
also
speaks
about
the
sensitive
issues
like
Sikh
riots
in
New
Delhi
in
1984
and
violence
against
the
South
Asian
communities"
post
9/11.
Soman
says,
“Firstly,
I
was
not
informed
about
my
name
being
used
in
the
title.
However,
I
have
been
constantly
updated
by
my
friends
regarding
this
topic
since
last
year,
but
I
didn"t
pay
much
heed
to
it."
He
also
added
that
he
was
absolutely
chilled
out
about
the
whole
affair,
“I
think
its
fun…I
don"t
object
to
it
at
all.
Not
many
people
have
their
names
in
the
title
of
a
film,
especially,
one
which
has
nothing
to
do
with
them.
It"s
something
which
has
happened
for
the
first
time."