After
Ayushmann
Khurrana's
gay
love
story,
Shubh
Mangal
Zyada
Saavdhan,
make
way
for
one
more
same-sex
love
story.
The
trailer
of
Sheer
Qorma
starring
Swara
Bhasker,
Divya
Dutta
and
Shabana
Azmi
was
unveiled
on
Tuesday
evening.
Directed
by
Faraz
Arif
Ansari,
who
previously
helmed
Sisak,
the
LGBTQ+
narrative
has
Swara
and
Divya
playing
a
queer
couple.
The
2.18
minute
trailer
begins
with
a
dining
table
conversation
between
Sitara
(played
by
Swara
Bhasker),
Saira
(played
by
Divya
Dutta)
and
Saira's
family.
When
Sitara
calls
Saira
'they',
the
latter
reveals
that
they
identify
as
non-binary
which
leads
to
some
tension
in
the
family.
Shabana
Azmi
plays
Saira's
homophobic
mother
who
refuses
to
to
accept
her
daughter's
relationship
and
calls
it
unholy
and
against
nature's
law.
The
rest
of
the
trailer
then
gives
us
a
glimpse
of
how
the
couple
brace
themselves
to
win
their
family's
approval
and
question
the
society's
stigma
against
homosexuality.
Watch
the
trailer
here.
Speaking
about
the
film,
Divya
Dutta
was
earlier
quoted
as
saying
by
a
tabloid,
"For
me,
Sheer
Qorma
is
not
just
a
film.
It's
a
story
about
relationships-
including
this
woman
with
her
family
and
her
partner,
which
is
something
that
needs
to
be
talked
about
amid
all
the
tabboo
that
exists
in
our
society."
"The
idea
of
Sheer
Qorma
came
to
me
while
I
was
traveling
to
various
film
festivals
for
the
last
two
years
with
Sisak.
I
realised
that
everyone
is
talking
about
gay
men
or
bisexual
men,
but
nobody
was
really
talking
about
women
in
the
LGBTQIA+
community.
There
are
very
few
films
from
the
LGBTQIA+
spectrum
that
talk
about
women
as
protagonists.
Other
than
that,
nobody
is
really
talking
about
religion
and
sexuality,
which
I
think
is
imperative,
given
the
world
we
live
in.
I
think
religion,
by
default,
becomes
a
part
of
our
socio-political
understanding
in
the
world
we
live
in
today,
and
I
wanted
to
make
a
gentle
story,
with
a
backdrop
of
religion
and
sexuality," director
Faraz
Arif
Ansari
earlier
told
Times
Of
India.