Bollywood has come a long way from 1996, when Deepa Mehta's Fire caused theatres to be stoned due to its bold portrayal of a lesbian relationship. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is not the first mainstream, for-the-masses Bollywood entertainer that deals with the concept of same-sex love, but it is definitely the first one to do it sensitively, emotionally and ultimately with good-natured humour, which is a marked contrast from the crude jabs that films like Dostana took at the same subject.
Director Shelly Chopra Dhar (who is also credited as a co-writer) has managed to presen....