Murder in Mahim emerged from Jerry Pinto's rage in 2017. While the Delhi High Court decriminalised homosexual acts between consenting adults in 2009, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling in 2013, causing widespread disappointment and rage among India's LGBTQ community and their allies.
"I was moved by anger, the anger that an old-fashioned and ridiculous law could criminalise ten per cent of India who happen to love people of the same sex," recalls Pinto.
The murder mystery novel, which followed journalist Peter Fernandes and cop Shiva Jende investigating serial murders of gay men who have sexual encounters in suburban rail- way station toilets, is now a Hindi web series streaming on JioCinema. Ashutosh Rana plays Peter, Vijay Raaz Shiva.
The suspense is kicked off with the corpse of a brutally murdered man found in a public toilet alongside Matunga Road railway station bridge in Mumbai. While the hardboiled Shiva investigates in a routine fashion, retired journalist Peter has some soul-searching to do as he grapples with his adult son's homosexuality in the course of following the blood and mayhem.
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TEXT AND THE CITY
International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree is back with a newly translated book-Our City That Year
Theatre of the People
This biography pays fulsome tribute to Indian street theatre pioneer Safdar Hashmi, whose life was tragically cut short in 1989
A DRAMATIC LIFE
Written by his daughter, this biography humanises the towering cultural figure that was Ebrahim Alkazi
Contemporary CREATIONS
BARODA BUZZ AT DELHT’S GALLERY ART POSITIVE PLUGS INTO CURRENT TRENDS IN THE BARODA SCHOOL OF ART
A LIFETIME ART OF SCULPTURES
An exhibition at Triveni KalaSangam, Delhi, showcases five decades of veteran sculptor Biman B. Das's oeuvre
Hitting a Winning Streak
OTT roles, anew music album and part of Lollapalooza India’s line-up, it seems like American artiste Lisa Mishra is here to stay
Made in India
RIDING THE WAVE OF INTEREST IN ARTISTES FROM THE SUBCONTINENT, SINGER-SONGWRITER ASHA PUTHLI IS FINALLY HAVING A MOMENT
VOICE OF THE YOUTH
Insightful discussions, pulsating concerts and more...Youth Summit 2024 was brimming with energy as over 5,000 students converged in Bengaluru to meet their icons
The Lost SPARKLE
India's diamond industry is undergoing a seismic shift as demand for natural stones declines and lab-grown alternatives rise, leaving skilled artisans grappling with dwindling incomes and uncertain futures
ONE POLL, MANY CONCERNS
DESPITE OPPOSITION, THE BJP-LED CENTRE IS DETERMINED TO PURSUE THE ONE NATION, ONE POLL’ PLAN. IF IT DOES HAPPEN, QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED ON WHETHER IT STRENGTHENS OR WEAKENS OUR DEMOCRACY
