#KAQCU

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Literally I saw bb3 and I've been obsessed

As a queer indian enby etc, I was firstly so scared at the end about whether they were gonna be transphobic about it and then we got that ending and I shit you not I've become obsessed with this man while doing a masters

He was???dancing???as a transwoman????in a film as mainstream bollywood as it gets????

I had to go to therapy about it literally it made me question my gender

Anyway he's got a supporter

I know!!!!! When I first watched it I went to watch as a haha funny movie and then it I was suddenly sobbing??? Debu is so so precious to me and I am holding her forever and always and cheering her on whenever she dances.

I'm so glad to hear it because we started this blog to find other queer people and have a place for discussion about these movies. All the best on the gender journey whatever the outcome may be!!!

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QUEER BENGALIS UNITE ‼️‼️‼️

United via the gender ambiguity of our native language and bollywood cultural appropriation /j

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KAQCU INTRO POST 🧡

hello and greetings from KAQCUille - like ratatouille - a blog dedicated to movies by the fictional guy Kartik Aaryan who has "stumbled into becoming a queer icon somehow (to like five people)"

currently we're obsessed with bhool bhulaiyaa 3 and sonu ke titu ki sweety, but we're always ready to expand our kaqcu lore if you know anything...

mods of the blog:

raghu - @preyasi

eesha - @cyndaquillt

chahaa - @chahaa-piun-ja

surhut - @warriorbookworm

srinivasan - @satansotherspawn

tagging for spreading the word:

@incorrectmahabharatquotes (where it all began) @desi-lgbt-fest @asianlgbtnetwork @southasiansource @desicinema

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Anxiety and Knees

I'm such a normal and well adjusted person (<- crying at this movie yet again)

Debu self soothing in anxiety filled moments by rubbing her knees is the reason this time

Did madhulika hold his hand because she knew this was a major anxiety spike moment and he would rub his knees. like she fucking GRABBED his hand immediately and then threw on a smile for the audience.

Don't show weakness in front of the crowd / the king

Hold his hand to give that physical feedback to sooth him also

[kaqcuille]

Apparently!

Kartik didn't actually play Manjulika mostly, it was a stunt double named Pia Soni, who was the faceless dancer in the intro, and then the masked manjulika. She also claims to have done the climax tandav to the Sonu Nigam song, and in her comments under her reels says that Kartik's face was added using vfx.

That means he just did the dance as Debu in the green dress during the flashback and just at the end while attaining moksha apparently

Idk why this made me so sad like I got really attached and impacted by a mainstream actor playing a transwoman's role or a feminine role and they couldn't even care to have him do the full thing! Couldn't he have trained in classical dance and done it himself? He's trained hard for his other movies like Chandu champion so why was this done like this?

I mean I hope this lady is not telling the truth fully because I don't wanna believe he didn't do like 90% of it, especially the dance as the ghost

But she has pictures with the cast and director and photos of getting ready

Maybe she was just a body double due to Kartik's double role in the same scene?

Idek why this is so upsetting to me ugh but I thought yall would understand this very very niche thing lol

Anyway here's her Instagram account you can look at her bts reels and comments: https://www.instagram.com/piaaasoni24?igsh=MWEzZ253a3A3dGFsbA==

I've literally dm-ed her to confirm 😭

Hey! Sorry we took a while to answer this, but you raised many important points that we (the mods) had to discuss and come up with an answer that covered everything we wanted to say.

So, first of all, we agree with your main point! It would have been much nicer if Kartik Aaryan had learned and performed the dance himself. This movie is far from perfect at representing various identities, not just trans. You would have noticed this yourself, but bollywood has a track record of being bad with representation and the movie itself does other reps very wrong. To name just a couple, overall Bengali rep (randomly using Bengali words and sounds intermixed with Hindi) and using bits of Hukkus Phukkus (a Kashmiri song) out of cultural context. It's not a movie where the makers put a lot of thought into any of the identities they represented!

So then, how do we at the kaqcuille look at this movie? When we interact which SKTKS or BB3, we do it not because either are 'good rep' but its because we find potential for exploration in their stories and character arcs. We've adopted them because we want them and their queer identities treated right in a way that appeals to real queer people (us).

It is understandable if you feel betrayed by the double's IG post when Debu's dance was such an important point in your gender journey. That frustration is understandable, it would have held so much more meaning had KA did it himself. That being said, doubles and small time actors rarely get recognition for the work they put in and a part of us is ok if the double gets due credit for a standard industry job that she did in a mainstream movie!

We also understand having high expectations of KA as an actor because of the work he puts in in his dance numbers and movies in general. But we recently found out that for dance sequences in SKTKS where his abs show, KA was starved and dehydrated for hours and that left a bad taste in all our mouths. We had to take a moment before we could go back to appreciating the work he put in for SKTKS. It is valid to have high expectation of actors and we wish doubles and extras were unionized and getting due credit for all they do and what actors are expected of by current movie standards didn't come at the cost of exploitation. But we must remember when we interact with Bollywood's content, that there is an underlying exploitative, capitalist industry and we are going to see intersection of a myriad of issues when mainstream Bollywood chooses an identity or storyline for its character(s).

We understand and agree with your main points and hope this answer provides some more dimensions to think about as you wade through this 💜

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an update to the kartik aaryan movies alignment chart post with new movies I've watched

I've come to love BB2 and BB3 because of the Blorbos, and I'm putting them in a can and staring at them

Freddy is my baby boy and he has done nothing wrong ever I'm holding him in my palms

Love Aaj Kal is such a trash fucking movie why does a person like Veer even like Zoe I would never understand (extra negative points for the character named Raghu to be such a fucking asshole)

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety switched categories because my friend reminded me that the concept was misogyny which they accidently made gay

Aakash Vani and Chandu Champion are just well made good movies man, I'm giving them a solid 👍

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Silly memes or plot summary that should be on Wikipedia? You decide.

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LET'S FUCKING GOOO!!!!!

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a fandom alignment chart for KA movies, will update as I watch more 🫡

* have not watched PKP or PKP2 but I also will not watch them

bonus: eesha's banger brain

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I believe I do not need to say anything to explain this

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You can watch/record bhool bhulaiyaa 3 (and most bollywood movies) in pretty good quality at desi cinemas! Thats where I got the video for the gifset

https://desicinemas.tv/movies/bhool-bhulaiyaa-3-hd/

related to this reblog

Thank you so much!! ❤️ I'll bookmark it!

PS. I got the t*rrent version with srinivasan's help after I reblogged your set, and posted two gifsets on my main @preyasi! We'll fill tumblr with BB3 gifsets one set at a time 🤝

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this is giving sonu ke titu ki sweety SO MUCH aargh

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Thank you for this blog. As a desi queer girl, i can acknowledge the power Kartik Aryan holds as the new desi queer icon! ✋😌

Thank you for your ask! Hold our hands, enter the kaqcu, and witness the glory of our fictional queer icon Kartik Aaryan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥 🔥

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the final installation of the kartik aaryan movie binge watch! Part 1, Part 2

Dhamaka

one of his BEST movies I am so serious about this. his characters should be in life threatening situation more, I want to see that man panicked, crying, whimpering, completely beraggled.

also the cinematography was so good, I love the shots they chose and the coloring of the movie. the only thing they could've improved on was keep the original ending because the one they did makes no fucking sense.

Pati Patni Aur Woh

men just keep cheating and it's soooooo funny you guys yeah it's soooo chill /s. as fahim rizvi very correctly said, "bade bade chirandu dekhe lekin tumse bada chirandu nahi dekha chintu tyagi." speaking of, aparshakti khurana and bhumi pednekar >>>>>>>

also the sunny singh cameo made me jump out of my seat lmaoooo his first scene at the wedding with bhumi pednekar was so hot

Satyaprem Ki Katha

I was pre biased about this because I'd been told it's a good movie. and it is, but it could've done better too. I liked the characters and the plot, but the execution dipped towards the end because I started comparing it with Akash Vani and I like how much more it's about Vani in that movie. (i could've done without sattu speaking over katha at several points, like Akash doesn't even say one word in the climax of Akash Vani it's all Vani there) very pretty movie nonetheless.

Shehzada

such a stupid fucking movie, I hate how buff he is, I hate the stupid quips, I hate the plot I hate everything about this (except the dancing maybe)

Guest Iin London

he isn't even that bad in this, he does a decent job at his character, but GOD was this a struggle to get through with all the fucking farting jokes and poorly paced time-line. highly NOT recommended.

Movies I didn't watch are Kaanchi, Silvat, Luka Chuppi, Tu Jhoothi Mein Makkar (cameo), and PKP 1 and 2. I'm too oversaturated with this guy, maybe in the future I'll come back to them.

and so the binge watch concludes (for now)!