It Was Nearly Impossible To Make This Queer Indian Drama
by The Daily Eye Team May 15 2017, 12:47 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 37 secs'Loev' is a sumptuous, provocative Netflix film that takes on queer intimacy in a nation where homosexuality is illegal.
Set and filmed completely in India, Loev is a 95-minute meditation on behavior, possession, and negotiation in both emotional and financial senses. The film follows Sahil (played by Dhruv Ganesh before his death), a musician-turned-manager on a weekend trip with Jai (Shiv Pandit), a high-powered New York businessman back in India for work. As they tour the Indian countryside, Jai seeks to impress his old friend, renting them a convertible BMW, gifting him a guitar. Sahil is alternately enamored and reluctant, his feelings complicated by his immature boyfriend Alex and Jai's constant Skyping with clients thousands of miles away.