If gay professor in 'Aligarh' was alive today, he wouldn't have to die, says Manoj Bajpayee

News If gay professor in ‘Aligarh’ was alive today, he wouldn’t have to die, says Manoj Bajpayee

MUMBAI: Section 377 of the IPC has been repealed, and actor Manoj Bajpayee, who played the lead role in Aligarh, is celebrating the fall of the draconian law criminalising homosexuality.

Manoj said, “When I played the homosexual professor Ramchandra Siras in Aligarh, I realised what true loneliness is. The man’s isolation was more of an issue to me than his sexual orientation. I feel the Supreme Court verdict is a triumph for all discriminated and persecuted people of our country — whether