Badhaai Do Story: Sumi and Shardul lead dual and socially-suppressed lives as closeted members of the gay and lesbian community.  When they settle for a marriage of compromise to please their intrusive families, they assume this would give them cover while they pursue partners of their choice.  What they eventually achieve by this and how forms the narrative of this family entertainer.

Badhaai Do Review: Marriages are made in heaven, or so they say.  Interestingly, a huge number of these 'heavenly marriages' appear all shiny and bright owing to the compromises made by couples on various levels.  In Badhaai Do, this matrimonial compromise is of a different kind – one that is not often spoken about but has been in existence all along.


 For those unversed, it's called a lavender marriage – which is a hetero marriage between two homosexual persons, who agree to this arrangement of convenience for various reasons like trying to fit into society, avoiding social stigma emanating from their single status, and using it as  a cover so that they can live their lives with some semblance of freedom.