Gulshan Nain on ‘All About Section 377’: This series is very special to me

Actor Gulshan Nain, who was part of the series All About Section 377 says that the series has really changed the course of this career. The actor will also be part of the second season, whose promo released recently. “The series shows the much important concerns related to the LGBT community and helps to create awareness amongst people in a very light-hearted manner. Thanks to this series, I also got nominated for the best actor award in the NICE film festival,” he says.

He adds,

“My character Suresh Chaudhary is a homophobic man who comes to Mumbai to become an actor and finds out that the cousin who he is supposed to stay with is gay. The series is about how a perception of a homophobic guy changes and how he sees their struggles in personal and professional lives. In season 2, Suresh Chaudhary has matured and is in support of the LGBT community. When he visits the village to help his brother get his boyfriend back, he also meets a transgender person, who is a talented writer.”

I did not know the LGBT community is suffering to such an extent!

Gulshan adds that the show has taught me a lot as well. “I did know that there are problems which are being faced by LGBT people but I didn’t know to what extent those problems are. During the shoot, I got to know a lot of things. There is life imprisonment for loving someone if they are of the same gender. How can you impose your choices on someone like this! How can you take away people’s freedom to choose their partners? I find it ridiculous!

It seems like the audience too had been waiting for the second season to come out. “Actually people have been waiting since a long time after watching the first season. We all have been getting messages regarding the release of the second season. We have released the trailer and the reactions are amazing,” he says.

Meanwhile, Gulshan says he is always on the lookout for meaty roles. “In any creative field, all a person wants is creative satisfaction. So, I just want to act. I want a show in which there is a lot of scope for acting. I don’t mind playing even negative or grey shades. It’s just that the material should be there for me to act,” he says.