Ayushmann Khurrana takes up films with taboo subjects for a reason

The actor is set to play yet another controversial role

In a recent turn of events, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has confessed he takes up films with controversial or taboo subjects to bring a change in the society, according to Hindustan Times. 

Ever since Khurrana made his debut in Bollywood, he has always managed to push the ante by picking one tricky role after another. This time it seems like he's playing a homosexual man for his upcoming film, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.

He played a sperm donor in Vicky Donor, a man prematurely balding in Bala,  a man dealing with erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, to now proudly playing a queer role in the film's sequel.



He said: "Cinema is a powerful tool that can influence people and affect positive social changes. One of my primary reasons to do films on taboo topics is to try and impact a change in society - start a conversation in families and make people think of the realities that are around them and impacts them regularly. It is this strong urge to try and highlight the real, the important that I decided my brand of cinema will stand for taboo breaking subjects."

Khurrana says his core audience base is the family audience across the country and he wants to entertain them at all times even while doing a film with a message and one that is thought provoking.

"The issues that I deal with in my films affect families across the country in some form or way. That's the reason why they connect with my genre of cinema.

"I want to silently keep bringing out these important social issues that we somehow, as a society, try to brush under the carpet. Through my films, I'm trying to bring these conversations out of the closet and I hope, in the process, making all of us think about being vocal and sensitive," he added.

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