Bhumi Pednekar calls ‘Badhaai Do’ an ‘eye-opener’ for India, talks about her queer character in film

Bhumi Pednekar is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film ‘Badhaai Do.’ The film sees her and Rajkummar Rao play homosexual characters who get into a marriage of convenience to get rid of their nagging family members.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Bhumi who is playing a queer role for the first time, talks about her character ‘Suman’ and said that she draws a lot of inspiration from real life.

She said, "There were many characters from the queer community that came my way in the past, but none of them were written with as much sensitivity as this one is. We have tried to make this film as a family. We strongly believe that if you don't have a conversation as such that really makes your family uncomfortable, there's no way you can normalize things. It is a certain generation, our aunts, our uncles, that need to understand that homosexuality is not abnormal.”

Bhumi further added, "for me, somebody's sexual preference is genuinely their own business. It does not define who they are, it does not define their worth or their value. I feel like Badhaai Do is just the right kind of film that's required to bring out stories from the community."

'Badhaai Do' is a sequel to the multiple National Award-winning film 'Badhaai Ho', directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Junglee Pictures. This is also the first time that Bhumi will be seen sharing screen space with Rajkummar Rao. The trailer of the film also has several humorous elements and situations that evoke laughter. The film will be released in theatres on February 11