And while this is a country that perseveres with lionising S S Rajamouli's hyper-masculine films though the weariness in the effort has started to show , it's also true that for an Indian audience of 2022 imaginatively handled, there's bound to be no bigger square than a failing patriarch who continues to tug at his last threads of glory.
It doesn't offer same-sex relationships a safe haven under that sweet-sounding but ultimately hollow advertising maxim of 'Love is Love'.
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