Vivek Agnihotri tweets same sex marriage is a need, it is a right: ‘Should be normal, not a crime’

Vivek Agnihotri said same sex marriage is not an ‘urban elitist’ concept. Reacting to a case in the Supreme Court, the filmmaker tweeted on Tuesday that people, who question same sex marriages, 'have never travelled in small towns and villages' of India.

Vivek added that in a 'progressive, liberal and inclusive civilisation' like India same sex marriage 'should be normal, not a crime.

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, too, echoed similar thoughts, as he shared a still from Modern Love: Mumbai. 

Last year, Hansal Mehta had spoken about not casting a gay actor in his episode, which featured Pratik Gandhi and Ranveer Brar as a couple. 

Meanwhile, a five-judge Supreme Court constitution bench  comprising of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices SK Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, PS Narasimha, and Hima Kohli  is set to hear a batch of petitions seeking legal validation of same sex marriages in the country on Tuesday. However, the Centre has been opposing the idea.