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New movie heralded as India's answer to Brokeback Mountain

POSTED: Sun 14 February 2010

A new film is being touted as India's answer to Brokeback Mountain.

Promotional posters for Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyun show two topless men embracing. The film features a would-be gay model who begins a sexual relationship with another man.

The film is the latest in a growing number of Indian movies which have touched on gay issues since the country's capital Delhi legalised homosexuality last year. Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyun is expected to be released in May.

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