Raj Bhavsar

I don't know how many gay men follow gymnastics but if most gymnasts are as hot as Raj Bhavsar I can see it becoming very popular indeed. Raj Bhavsar [Official Website] is a US gymnast of Indian Origin. His good looks and glowing skin color is obviously the result of his Indian connection, but his hot muscular body and beautiful face is all his own.  Link to the full collection of his pictures below.

 

I can't get enough of this hot muscular shirtless deliciousness! You can imagine what state I'm in with that nonsensical statement :-)

If you feel the same, here are a lot more of his pictures.

Pankh - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Everyone is talking about Pankh - the movie with the Gay Kiss. That kiss is supposed to be India's first proper male-to-male kiss on the big screen. I can definitely understand why it is such a big deal. After all, it is supposed to bring about awareness about homosexuality and bring it out of the closet, at least to some extent. That and the fact that the gay community (me!) find it hot to see regular movies with gay kisses.

Unfortunately, this fuss is being raised only by the media, and we know that they always want to bring spiciest masala to the masses. Just another movie with a new director is no news. But a male to male kiss? Now there's stuff that will catch some attention and controversy. The makers of the movie are playing it safe though. The way the whole thing is coming about makes me feel there's some hard PR machine at work. First they release the "scoop" about the supposedly gay kiss. The media gets it hands on the pictures a few days later and then the directors deny it being a gay kiss at all. It is part of the plot where the lead actor is mistaken for a girl and is kissed by his friend. Be that as it may, I'm certainly happy that there's a real kiss on the screen (ok, so they were acting, but you know what I mean!). Unlike Dostana where the supposed kiss never took place, here we can certainly look forward to the real one.

The question that I want to ask is, Is this a movie about homosexuality? or is it just gender confusion? The director has said that the lead actor is confused about his sexuality. So will it be safe to assume that everything at the end of the movie will be "normal"...meaning he will go the hetero way and all and sundry will be happy? Will that be it Mr. Chattopadhyaya? Is that how your art-house-like movie ends? Or will you be radical enough to end it with him accepting that being gay is normal too and that there is no need to be confused or saddened about it? Or will you choose the chicken-route of leaving it ending artistically ambiguously so that you can be termed radical without having to make your movie gay?

I wish I could get answers to these questions directly. But considering the readership of this blog probably extends to 3 guys (and one of them is me) I am not expecting any. The way the publicity of the movie is being handled, it seems like it is more about Bipasha Basu than the story or the other actors. I can understand how that's an unavoidable evil of the movie making business. She's the bankable star and her whims needs to be catered to. I just hope that the story of the movie itself doesn't do that too.

Here are some more posters and stills from the movie.

Director Sudipto Chattopadhyaya with Bipasha Basu

Lead actor Maradona Rebello

Gabriel Macht

Surfing the channels last week I came across Because I Said So on Star Movies. The movie wasn't all that exciting but what caught my attention was Gabriel Macht.  What a hunk! Gabriel Macht is manly, cute, and wild all at once. The twinkle in his eyes makes him look like he's always up to some mischief. I couldn't take my eyes off him. Obviously I had to look him up and find pictures of him. Here are some of the ones I found. Full collection of the pictures in the link below.

 

Here Gabriel is with Colin Farrell, another hottie I love. They seem so much in love with each other here :-)

More pictures of Gabriel Macht are here

Sonu Sood Pictures

Sonu Sood is one of the hunkiest guys in Bollywood. Just looking at his hot hard body can turn anyone's legs into a gooey mush. Just look at those rock solid abs!

See a lot more Pictures of Sonu Sood here

Maradona Rebello

New Director Sudipto Chattopadhyaya's debut movie Pankh has been in the news lately for a nude scene by its lead actor Maradona Rebello. Another scene depicting 2 guys in a lip lock has been raking in some publicity too. The director has said that these scenes are central to the movie plot. Of course Sudipto, who are we to argue with that?

Here are a few pictures of the very cute Maradona Rebello.

More posts on the movie Pankh to follow.

Gay Community in India - What's needed?

The gay community in India is in its 'flower power' phase, a fag in Delhi told me the other night. The country's homos are still too busy f#@%ing to get political. I think he's got a point. It is extremely easy to get laid, but nearly impossible to get people mobilized to fight for their rights. Big cities like Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai are starting to organize Pride marches, but so far they are modest events that aren't generating action and results throughout the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, homosexuality remains illegal and HIV rates among gay men are higher than any other group. It's not like some activists aren't trying. Mumbai organizing bi-weekly gay film screenings for the queer rights - Humsafar Trust, Vikram works at resurrecting India's queer mag, Bombay Dost. Delhi, India's most senior queer rabble-rouser, Ashok Row Kavi, is coordinating the anti-HIV battle on behalf of UNAIDS.  BANGALORE/Delhi/Mumbai PRIDE.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalizes gay sex. But like the rest of India, the gay community remains sharply divided along class lines. The middle and upper classes are mostly working together for their own benefit, while the vast lower class remains relatively uneducated and marginalized. What Indian queers need is their own Stonewall, an event that galvanizes everyone to come together as one. The Pride parades are fun, but homos won't get the hetero majority's attention until they raise their fists in the air, shout "We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore" and force the country to openly acknowledge other forms of sexual pleasure. Or, at the very least, start a sharply-worded letter-writing campaign.

In the meantime, more ordinary folks need to pave the way by coming out themselves. I acknowledge that, in India, it isn't easy. I've never seen a culture where the pressure to marry, have children and live with your family forever is so intense. But if all the cool but closeted Indian guys I've met over the last few months want to live free, they're gonna have to stand up and make it happen. Just like the nation as a whole did in the 1940s, when it bravely won independence from Britain.

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This was found on a thread on the g4m forums posted by user with ID "hardsuck"